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World on brink of `a hunger pandemic’

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The head of the U.N. food agency warned Tuesday that, as the world is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, it is also “on the brink of a hunger pandemic” that could lead to “multiple famines of biblical proportions” within a few months if immediate action isn’t taken.

Volunteers for the Edible London food project remove the plastic packaging and check the quality of donated bananas to be put in food packs and delivered to residents who need it in the Haringey Council area, at a hub setup as a result of coronavirus inside the Alexandra Palace venue, in north London, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The highly contagious COVID-19 coronavirus has impacted on nations around the globe, many imposing self isolation and exercising social distancing when people move from their homes. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) © AP Photo/Matt Dunham Volunteers for the Edible London food project remove the plastic packaging and check the quality of donated bananas to be put in food packs and delivered to residents who need it in the Haringey Council area, at a hub setup as a result of coronavirus inside the Alexandra Palace venue, in north London, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The highly contagious COVID-19 coronavirus has impacted on nations around the globe, many imposing self isolation and exercising social distancing when people move from their homes. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley told the U.N. Security Council that even before COVID-19 became an issue, he was telling world leaders that “2020 would be facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.” That’s because of wars in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere, locust swarms in Africa, frequent natural disasters and economic crises including in Lebanon, Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia, he said.

Beasley said today 821 million people go to bed hungry every night all over the world, a further 135 million people are facing “crisis levels of hunger or worse,” and a new World Food Program analysis shows that as a result of COVID-19 an additional 130 million people “could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the end of 2020.”

He said in the video briefing that WFP is providing food to nearly 100 million people on any given day, including “about 30 million people who literally depend on us to stay alive.”

Beasley, who is recovering from COVID-19, said if those 30 million people can’t be reached, “our analysis shows that 300,000 people could starve to death every single day over a three-month period” — and that doesn’t include increased starvation due to the coronavirus.

“In a worst-case scenario, we could be looking at famine in about three dozen countries, and in fact, in 10 of these countries we already have more than one million people per country who are on the verge of starvation,” he said.

According to WFP, the 10 countries with the worst food crises in 2019 were Yemen, Congo, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Syria, Sudan, Nigeria and Haiti.

  • Slide 1 of 48: Victor Vazquez works on a balloon depicting the coronavirus at a store, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Cuautlancingo, in Puebla state, Mexico April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Imelda Medina
  • Slide 2 of 48: A man draws an awareness message on a road about wearing mask amid concerns about the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
  • Slide 3 of 48: Two people jog past a social distance marker, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, April 21, 2020 REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
  • Slide 4 of 48: A Palestinian man hangs decorations for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, outside his home during the night-time curfew to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jerusalem old City, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
  • Slide 5 of 48: SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 21: A pedestrian wears a protective mask while walking past a post showing portraits of medical workers who have been fighting COVID-19 in Wuhan on April 21, 2020 in Shanghai, China. Health authorities of China said the country has passed the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic on March 12. As of today, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to many countries across the world, claiming over 171,000 lives and infecting over 2.4 million people. (Photo by Yves Dean/Getty Images)
Victor Vazquez works on a balloon depicting the coronavirus at a store, in Cuautlancingo, Mexico, on April 21.

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Beasley said in many countries the food crisis is the result of conflict.

But he said he raised the prospect of “a hunger pandemic” because “there is also a real danger that more people could potentially die from the economic impact of COVID-19 than from the virus itself.”

The WFP chief said lockdowns and economic recession are expected to lead to major income losses for the working poor.

He pointed to a sharp drop in overseas remittances that will hurt countries such as Haiti, Nepal and Somalia; a loss of tourism revenue which, for example, will damage Ethiopia where it accounts for 47 percent of total exports; and the collapse of oil prices which will have a significant impact in lower-income countries like South Sudan where oil accounts for almost 99 percent of total exports.

As the U.N.’s logistics backbone, Beasley said WFP has played a major role in tackling COVID-19 by delivering millions of pieces of protective equipment, testing kits and face masks to 78 countries on behalf of the World Health Organization and by running humanitarian air services to get doctors, nurses and humanitarian staff into countries that need help.

He urged greater humanitarian access, coordinated action to deliver aid, an end to trade disruptions, and accelerated and increased funding including $350 million to set up a network of logistics hubs and transport systems to keep supply chains running worldwide.

“The truth is, we do not have time on our side, so let’s act wisely — and let’s act fast,” Beasley said. “I do believe that with our expertise and partnerships, we can bring together the teams and the programs necessary to make certain the COVID-19 pandemic does not become a humanitarian and food crisis catastrophe.”

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20 Comments on "World on brink of `a hunger pandemic’"

  1. The Nationalist on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 10:13 am 

    Fuck them, you shouldnt have 14 fucking sprogs when you can barely feed yourself. Fuck them, fuck the globalists and fuck anyone that supports this redistribution of wealth suicidal insanity.

  2. The Nationalist on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 10:20 am 

    Just how the fuck is the world supposed to reduce emissions when 80 million are added every year? just how the fuck is that compatible with a healthy planet in any fucking way?
    Can some “educated” bleeding heart liberal please explain how any of this fucking crap is sustainable! Can you come up with a solution other than suggesting we willingly become poorer and as destitute as them?

  3. whoa on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 11:04 am 

    very easy, declare a free fire zone when needing cattle for slaugher in areas controlled by fulani herdsmen, code for muzzies. take what we need and repeat.
    monitor and prevent shipment of weapons to the areas except simple bow weapons for protection cattle

    no more hunger

  4. whoa on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 12:30 pm 

    supertard makati will need food. please donate to supertards who live near muzzie lands

  5. SocialRevolutionComing on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 2:36 pm 

    This is not from me. It is a comment I took on ZeroHedge. Carnot find news source to validate this because I don’t speak German.

    If this is true, it means US empire is dead and the whole world knows it. Meaning China is the new world wide empire. China probably start this hoax and is enjoying watching US and Europe self destroy by their own stupidity.

    German media: Russia offered Europe its defense instead of the US and NATO.

    Obviously aware that the conflict between the EU and the United States has intensified, Moscow has begun to cautiously suggest Brussels closer cooperation. However, the Kremlin’s proposal seems to be commonplace at first sight. Considering in detail the recent statement by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU, Vladimir Cizov, Moscow appears to offer Brussels an alternative to NATO. It is a kind of alternative to the North Atlantic Alliance that will unite the whole European continent. Forget the US, Russia is your future.

    According to the German press, the Russian diplomat showed not only the extraordinary belief that Russia and Europe would become closer partners, but Chizhov declared Moscow’s readiness to assist EU operations in third countries. He also recalled well-functioning institutions of cooperation, common interests in the economy and security policy, writes Die Welt.

    The Russian diplomat tactfully indicated that if Europe blindly followed the US, its future would be very uncertain. But if Brussels approaches Moscow, the prospects will be much better.

    If the EU wants to maintain its economic influence in a multipolar world and the rise of developing countries, then it needs close economic cooperation with Russia, said Die Welt.

  6. Richard Guenette on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 2:42 pm 

    I read that during World War 2, the Dutch people survived by eating tulip bulbs (example:tulip bread).

  7. Richard Guenette on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 2:44 pm 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_famine_of_1944–45

  8. Cloggie on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 2:51 pm 

    “I read that during World War 2, the Dutch people survived by eating tulip bulbs (example:tulip bread).”

    My mother survived on those in Amsterdam.
    Her father claimed that they tasted so good that they would still eat them after the war, which was a lie.

    Resistance-museum:

    https://www.verzetsmuseum.org/museum/nl/exposities/voorbij/tulpenbollen-op-het-menu

    Some adventurous chef cook has put tulip bulbs on the menu, as a curiosity, and to improve their reputation:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3DN9G6yP0A

  9. SocialRevolutionComing on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 2:56 pm 

    I don’t believe anything a right. I am unsure of what is write and rong.

  10. Richard Guenette on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 3:00 pm 

    sorry cloggie

  11. peakyeast on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 3:00 pm 

    They say it like it is a bad thing…

    A bad thing is each woman getting 5-10 children for the past 60 years.

  12. ANAL REAPER on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 3:01 pm 

    I’m going to eat your 14 year old daughters pussies.

    Fucking faggots.

  13. Richard Guenette on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 3:02 pm 

    sorry cloggie again

  14. Abraham van Helsing on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 3:07 pm 

    According to the German press, the Russian diplomat showed not only the extraordinary belief that Russia and Europe would become closer partners, but Chizhov declared Moscow’s readiness to assist EU operations in third countries. He also recalled well-functioning institutions of cooperation, common interests in the economy and security policy, writes Die Welt.

    Thanks for the pointer! Here is the original article:

    https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article207302449/EU-Russlands-Botschafter-Wladimir-Tschischow-fuer-Militaer-Kooperation.html

    “„Es gibt keine Limits für unsere Zusammenarbeit“”

    (“There are no limits to our cooperation”)

    Chrome browser > right-click > translate to English

    What I have been predicting here for years now, and was ridiculed for that, is now happening.

    Macron is pushing for a reset:

    https://parisberlinmoscow.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/france-keeps-pushing-reset-eu-russian-relations/

    And even Holland, the most Anglophile country in Eurasia, is beginning to change course and knows that after Brexit, Moscow is the net logical step:

    https://parisberlinmoscow.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/dutch-1-foreign-policy-think-tank-supports-pbm/

    Russia doesn’t say so too loud, but in reality it is afraid for the rising power of China. Russia has been quietly hinting for inclusion into the Common European Home since the days of Breznjev:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Home

    Italy is after France, the second most important pusher for lifting anti-Russian sanctions. Berlusconi used to break off telephone calls with Obama if he was informed that Putin was on another line.

    https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/berlusconi-campaign-for-europe-to-become-world-military-power-37969811.html

    “Berlusconi campaign for Europe to become ‘world military power'”

    It is now going to happen. Paris-Berlin-Moscow implies that the European mother civilization will advance to planetary pole position, a position we were between 1492-1945.

    Reincorporation of balkanizing European-American parts will be next. 1776 is going to be reversed.

  15. Gaia on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 3:08 pm 

    Governments in all nations should pay people to grow their own food (ex:garlic, which can boost the immune system) and purify water by using charcoal.

  16. Sissyfuss on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 3:20 pm 

    Soon the walking dead will eating your two lips, Dick Guano. This is sock number 17 signing off.

  17. Gaia on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 3:26 pm 

    Sorry cloggie for being a troll

  18. ANAL REAPER on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 3:27 pm 

    Sorry Cloggie for being troll

  19. JuanP on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 3:27 pm 

    sorry All for being a troll

  20. REAL Green on Wed, 22nd Apr 2020 3:31 pm 

    We need to see the docter Davy. Apologizing for trolling the board won’t help us.


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