G7 must act to help tackle global hunger crisis-German UN food agency

BERLIN, June 25 (Reuters) – The Group of 7 wealthy countries need to ramp up humanitarian aid to support deal with a international hunger crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, a senior official of the United Nations’ foods company in Germany was quoted as expressing on Saturday.

The team commences a 3-working day conference in Bavaria, Germany, on Sunday towards the backdrop of a UN warning that the entire world faces “an unparalleled world-wide starvation crisis” as commodity prices soar.

“Starvation can destabilize countries and is so a essential peace and security concern,” German Globe Food stuff Programme director Martin Frick advised the country’s information organisation RND, noting that recent meals price inflation functioning at over 25% in 36 nations around the world was a “time bomb”.

He also reiterated that the World Food items Programme was most likely going to get no more than 50 percent of the $21.5 billion it wants this 12 months, so far more aid was wanted.

Food stability is expected to be on the agenda of the G7 meeting just after the presidency introduced a World wide Alliance for Food items Stability in Could to tackle hunger.

“There must be a prevalent comprehending that this disaster can no extended be solved by sticking plasters, but that the system need to be changed,” Frick mentioned.

(Reporting by Zuzanna Szymanska Enhancing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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