2023-05-16 17:54:00
Dakar, May 16 (APS) – The World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday called on G7 countries to promote political solutions to protracted crises, saying conflict remains the main driver of hunger in the world.
The WFP launched this plea 72 hours before the opening in Hiroshima (Japan) of a G7 summit, the group of seven countries presented as the most developed in the world.
“The World Food Program calls on G7 countries to seek political solutions to protracted crises where conflict is the main factor of hunger in the world,” the UN agency said in a statement relayed by the site. information from the United Nations.
”Last year, G7 leadership saved lives in the fight once morest hunger. Millions of people have received much-needed aid and countries like Somalia have been pulled away from the brink of famine,” said Cindy McCain, the WFP’s executive director in remarks reported by UN-Info.
Some 345 million people are currently facing high levels of food insecurity, an increase of nearly 200 million since the start of 2020. Among them, 43 million are on the brink of falling into famine, recalled the WFP.
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