24.03.2022, 17:25
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Zitat:Ukraine war: Middle East food prices soaring, as donor fatigue kicks in, Security Council hearshttps://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114532
António Guterres issued the warning during a meeting on the expanding cooperation between UN and the 22-member League of Arab States, with ambassadors adopting a presidential statement praising that increasingly critical partnership. [...]
Supply chains have been seriously disrupted, with food, fuel and fertilizer prices skyrocketing. “In addition, we are seeing clear evidence of this war draining resources and attention from other trouble-spots in desperate need,” the UN chief said. [...] Warning that the deteriorating conditions are hitting poor people hardest, Mr. Guterres also stressed that desperation and neglect could “plant the seeds for political instability and unrest around the globe”. [...]
At a humanitarian funding conference last week, he was deeply disappointed that the UN appeal for assistance received less than a third of the pledged funds so urgently needed.
“I cannot overstate the severity of the suffering of the people of Yemen,” he said, noting that 20 million there need lifesaving humanitarian aid and protection, appealing to the generosity of the members of partner countries, especially those in the region, in that regard. Turning to the situation in Libya, he welcomed the League’s engagement in helping to preserve the unity and hard-won stability achieved since the signing of a crucial ceasefire agreement in October 2020, and urged its members to continue prioritizing agreement on a comprehensive political process towards a new peacetime constitution.
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