Africa-Press – Zambia. The US will prioritize conflict-induced famine and food insecurity as it takes control of the rotating presidency of the 15-member UN Security Council in August, its envoy to the UN said Tuesday.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will chair a high-level debate on famine and global food insecurity, Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters.
“Taking on this global crisis has been a top priority of the Biden administration, ” she said.
She said conflict-induced hunger is a pressing matter for international peace and security and urged the Security Council to take action.
“But to do so we must root out conflicts … Hostilities breed hunger, fighting breeds famine,” she said.
She accused Russia of launching a full-scale assault on Ukraine, depriving the world of Ukraine’s critical grain exports.
Thomas-Greenfield said food should never be used as a “weapon of war” and urged all member states to sign a US drafted communique to combat food insecurity.
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