If you do not take urgent action, the world may face a global food disaster due to the effects of the pandemic coronavirus. This is stated in a research note UN Secretary-General antónio Guterres.
According to him, before the pandemic, hundreds of millions of people world’s malnourished and starving. Now the global recession and the restrictions of COVID-19, can break existing food systems. Many countries are already experiencing severe shortages of food, RIA Novosti reported.
Guterres urged countries to ensure that critical food supplies in humanitarian aid to freely reach the most vulnerable groups of the population. According to the Secretary General, it is necessary to keep trade corridors open and to maintain continuity of supply chains of agricultural products. It is also important to strengthen the exchange of information to more quickly get data on who and where suffering from famine, and what kind of support these people required.
General Secretary stressed that States must provide guaranteed access to safe and nutritious food especially for young children, pregnant and lactating women, the elderly and representatives of various vulnerable groups. Guterres urged to support children without access to school meals, which the world is now about 352 million.
