The winner of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize is the United Nations World Food Program for its fight against world hunger and its efforts to “stop the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.” Last year, the program helped 100 million people in 88 countries.
David Beasley, executive director of the UN agency and former governor of South Carolina, told CBSN on Friday that recognition is an “honor and a blessing,” especially “at such times.” According to Beasley, the number of people on the brink of starvation – those who do not go to bed hungry – jumped from 135 million to 270 million. Nationwide epidemic of corona virus.
“With all the wealth we have in the world today, we have a cure for hunger, a cure for famine, we have a cure and it’s called food. But we need money,” Beasley said. “Our people are dedicated to doing this work and getting it out there and saving lives.”
The Nobel Peace Prize comes with a 1 1 million cash prize, but Beasley said the World Food Program needs about 5 5 billion to feed the world’s hungry and starving. He vowed to create billionaires Record-breaking profit Think about the better during an epidemic.
He said, “This is a call to step up the world – especially the billionaires who make billions of dollars in Covid.” “They need to step up. We need five billion dollars right now to help save millions of people from starving to death – right now – beyond what we normally get. It’s not too much to ask the people who made billions right now.”
During the first three months of the epidemic, U.S. The total wealth of 600 billionaires has grown by about 20%. Amazon owner Jeff Bezos saw a 8 8.8 billion increase in his total wealth in the first month of the epidemic.
“We feed about 100 million people right now. Because of the cowardice, the economic downturn, the war and the conflict, we need to move it forward,” Beasley said. “Otherwise, millions of people will die in the next few months because of all these complications.”
BSley, who himself recovered from the COVID-19 case, said the program’s network of food supply chains was disrupted during the epidemic, which was already a treacherous task – moving tons of food through war zones and natural disasters – making it more difficult. .
In April, Beasley told CBS News’ Pamela Falcon that The bad was yet to come Outbreaks appear to be exacerbated by the instability of donor economies. In July, he said there were more than 110 million people in Latin America. “March towards the edge of starvation“Due to the economic conditions developed by the epidemic.
“When countries close their borders, ports or supply chain distribution points, sometimes it’s the only opportunity to bring food to the country.” In addition to shutting down the physical issues of admission, Beasley also noted that the epidemic has devastated international rates. To send, Money sent home by citizens living abroad, the economic situation was devastated. He said remittances have affected two billion people, adding that “this has already resulted in a shortfall of 100 100 billion for families in very poor countries.”
While awarding the Nobel Prize to the World Food Program, the committee noted that, despite the obstacles brought by the coronavirus epidemic, the program has continued to provide invaluable assistance. As the world awaits Covid-19 vaccine, He said, the best vaccine for anarchy is food.
“COVID has had a dynamic negative impact,” Beasley said. “We have to work these two epidemics together, otherwise you will have more people starve to death than the real COVID.”
Improvement: The number of people in the previous version of this article was wrong The World Food Program helped in 2019. It has helped nearly 100 million people in 88 countries.
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