This Tuesday (20), more than 200 NGOs reported that one person in the world dies of hunger every four seconds today, calling on governments around the world to “take action to stop the world,” convening in New York for the UN General Assembly. hunger crisis”.
“Organizations from 75 countries signed an open letter to express their anger at the explosion in the number of starving people and make recommendations,” said 238 NGOs. acute hunger, a number that has more than doubled since 2019″.
The open letter was published on the opening day of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, where many political leaders as well as civil society representatives will stay for a week for what is considered the world’s most important diplomatic meeting.
Mohanna Ahmed Ali Eljabaly, from the non-governmental organization Yemen Family Care Association, one of the signatories of the letter, said, “It is unacceptable that we are still talking about hunger in the 21st century with all the agricultural technology available today.”
This is not about a country or a continent. Hunger is never a single cause. It’s about the injustice of all humanity,” he said.
The signatories explained the calculation method: they are based on the figures released by the world report on the food crisis at the beginning of September. Integrated Classification of Food Safety Stages (CIF).
The report refers to 166.02 million people in category ICF 3 (acute crisis), 38.6 million in ICF 4 (emergency) and 481,500 people in category ICF 5 (hunger).
If category-specific death rates are applied, organizations hit the range of 7,745.7 to 19,701.7 deaths per day from starvation, i.e. one death every 4.25 to 12 seconds.
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