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José Blanco Conde

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2021-03-11

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2021-03-11

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1. “Of course, the most effective way to address conflicts as drivers of hunger is to end and prevent conflicts, which remains the key task of this Council. We also call for a scaling-up of humanitarian operations. Joint efforts among the humanitarian, development and peace pillars must be developed and implemented in a coordinated manner so as to end conflict-driven food insecurity and hunger. Finally, the persisting funding gap for the humanitarian response to this crisis remains alarming. All of us must step up our commitment to ensuring that the most vulnerable continue to receive the assistance they need.We must do better. We can prevent hunger. We need to take concrete steps together to collectively avert the risk of millions of people facing the tragedy of hunger and famine — forever.”

   2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

2. “In accordance with its mandate, the Security Council must become much better at conflict prevention, first, by using the tools at its disposal to monitor conflict-affected countries when the risk of food insecurity is still preventable; secondly, by ensuring safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access to all people in need, with all actors taking measures to allow and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance; thirdly, by playing its decisive role in ensuring compliance with international humanitarian law and respect for the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence by the parties involved in armed conflicts — which is the only way that humanitarian organizations can reach affected people, wherever and whoever they are.”

   2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

3. “Conflicts must be solved before they lead to famine. Based on the growing evidence that conflict is the primary driver of hunger that significantly increases the risk of famine, the interlinkages between hunger and conflict were recognized in resolution 2417 (2018). Accordingly, we need to act more decisively on this topic and on the interlinkages behind the problem.”

   2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

4. “In 2021, the situation has not improved: the WFP warns that over 34 million people are currently approaching emergency or famine conditions. While climate change, economic hardships and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic play a devastating role, we want to emphasize that the most significant driver for humanitarian needs — and thus for food insecurity — is conflict and violence. Famine in a new dimension driven by conflict could soon become a reality for millions of people. Without immediate action, innocent civilians will starve — and die. Hunger is a recurrent, persistent threat for conflict-affected countries. It is shameful that humankind has not been able to draw the right lessons from this situation. Instead, we are trying once again to solve a problem that could have been prevented in the first place.”

   2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

5. “We would like to thank the United States for convening today’s meeting and the briefers for their briefings. As Security Council members in the 2019-2020 term, Germany and the Dominican Republic consistently strived to put the issue of hunger and conflict high on the Council’s agenda. We aim at further advancing this tremendously relevant topic. Today’s open debate on conflict and food security is very timely, since hunger crises and the risk of famine around the world — for example, in Yemen and South Sudan — are increasing in number and severity. Already last year, the situation was alarming, with the World Food Programme (WFP) warning that, owing to the effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, 270 million people were expected to be acutely food insecure by the end of the year.”

   2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source