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2022-05-19

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2022-05-19

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1. “Women’s involvement is essential in order to find lasting solutions for all. To break the cycle of conflict and food insecurity, we must absolutely include women. Finally, we need all members of our society to build more resilient and sustainable food systems. We all have a choice to make. We need to choose to bring an end to conflict, and we need to choose to do more to fight hunger. For me and for Canada, the choice is clear.”

   2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036Resumption1 (2022) · source

2. “We are one of the leaders in the manufacture of potash. Several of those present here have already asked to receive some, and we will do everything we can to send it to them, because we know how vital fertilizers are currently. We also must tackle both hunger and conflict. We need to implement long-term solutions that break the vicious cycle of poverty, hunger and conflict. We know what needs to be done to fix the weaknesses of our global food systems. We need to invest in climate-smart agricultural solutions. My grandparents were wheat farmers and millers, and I know how important it is to take care of our land. We must also strengthen our social security safety nets and promote healthy and nutritious food. It is also important that the decision table be more inclusive.”

   2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036Resumption1 (2022) · source

3. “In the face of historic and untenable levels of food insecurity, last year Canada contributed more than $380 million to emergency food and nutrition assistance. Since 2020 we have spent approximately $1 billion per year in gender-responsive humanitarian assistance to address rising global needs. We responded to the call to action from partners and friends in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and we will continue to support multilateral solutions. (spoke in French) Our partners can continue to count on Canada. We are already doing a great deal, but we must and will do more. Yesterday I spoke about what Canada can also do directly, and I reiterate today before the Council, as a major cereals exporter, that we are going to export them. We hope that that the season will be better than last year’s and that Mother Nature will be generous.”

   2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036Resumption1 (2022) · source

4. “In my discussions yesterday with the Secretary- General and with World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley, I was impressed by the ongoing efforts to create a humanitarian sea corridor for food. There is no time to waste. Canada is ready to help in making sure that Ukrainian grain gets out of Ukraine to those who really need it. Turning to the wider issue, we know that food insecurity and conflict are part of a vicious cycle. Conflict leads to hunger, while underinvestment in agriculture and high food prices can cause political unrest and conflict. We must act quickly to save millions of lives. We must act in accordance with resolution 2417 (2018), which condemns the starvation of civilians as a tactic in warfare, and resolution 2573 (2021), to protect civilians and the goods and supplies that are essential to their survival.”

   2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036Resumption1 (2022) · source

5. “It is a blatant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. It has also been the greatest shock to global food systems — already fragile — in the past 12 years. In attacking one of the breadbaskets of the world and seeking to cut off Ukraine’s economy, Russia is destroying Ukraine’s capacity to supply the world with food. It is blockading Ukrainian ports, displacing farmers and workers, ravaging its farmlands and attacking civilian infrastructure on a massive scale. Russia’s reckless actions are leading directly to skyrocketing commodity prices and inflation. That makes them a direct concern to every Member represented here.”

   2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036Resumption1 (2022) · source

6. “I would like to thank the Secretary-General, Executive Director Beasley, Director-General Qu Dongyu and Ms. Menker for their insightful briefings. I welcome this exploration of ways to break the cycle of conflict and food insecurity. We have made enormous inroads into hunger over recent decades, but all those gains are rolling back. Climate change, the coronavirus disease pandemic and conflict have combined to create a hunger and humanitarian crisis greater than anything we have seen in recent years. Most recently, we are seeing how President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is directly accelerating that trend. And let me be clear — Russia’s invasion is to blame, not the sanctions. Russia’s unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine is many things. It is a naked act of aggression by a nuclear Power against a neighbouring country.”

   2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036Resumption1 (2022) · source