{"id":42596,"date":"2021-03-12T07:40:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T05:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=42596"},"modified":"2021-03-12T13:51:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T11:51:53","slug":"if-you-dont-feed-people-you-feed-conflict-un-chief-tells-security-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/if-you-dont-feed-people-you-feed-conflict-un-chief-tells-security-council\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018If you don\u2019t feed people, you feed conflict\u2019, UN chief tells Security Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five years of conflict In Yemen has displaced 4 million people and left many facing death as widespread hunger stalks the nation. Conflict drives hunger, and when that turns to famine, that then drives conflict, the UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that \u201cif you don\u2019t feed people, you feed conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n

And when hunger meets inequality, climate shocks, sectarian and ethnic tensions, together with grievances over resources, they then \u201cspark and drive conflict\u201d. At the same time, conflict forces people to leave their homes, land and jobs; disrupts agriculture and trade; reduces access to vital resources like water and electricity; and also drives hunger.<\/p>\n

At the end of 2020, more than 88 million people were suffering from acute hunger due to conflict and instability \u2013 a 20 per cent surge in one year \u2013 and 2021 projections point to a continuation of this \u201cfrightening trend\u201d, according to the top UN official. He warned the Council of multiple conflict-driven famines globally, with climate shocks and COVID-19 \u201cadding fuel to the flames\u201d. He drew attention to hunger crises across the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, South Sudan, Yemen and Afghanistan while pointing out that reduced humanitarian access threatens food insecurity, including in Tigray, Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

\u2018Shocking\u2019 food insecurity<\/p>\n