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This was stated by the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program, David Beasley.
The next year is expected to be catastrophic due to the large increase in the number of people on the brink of starvation. This was stated by the Executive Director of the UN World Food Program, David Beasley, in a special session of the UN General Assembly on the fight against the coronavirus.
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“Due to COVID-19, the number of people who could die of hunger has increased from 135 to 270 million,” he said. “Under the current situation, 2021 could be catastrophic.”
“2021 threatens to be the year of the worst humanitarian crisis since the founding of the United Nations,” Beasley warned.
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In this sense, he called on world leaders and international organizations “to give priority to financing the fight against hunger and the causes that cause migration.”
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Source: BGNES
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