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David Stanley Ford

U.N. says 1 billion are facing hunger

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Published: June 20, 2009

ROME — The global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the world’s hungry to 1 billion, a grim milestone that poses a threat to peace and security, U.N. food officials said Friday.

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Because of war, drought, political instability, high food prices and poverty, hunger now affects one in six people, according to the United Nations’ estimate.

The financial meltdown has compounded the crisis in what the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization called a "devastating combination for the world’s most vulnerable.”

Compared with last year, there are 100 million more people who are hungry, meaning they consume fewer than 1,800 calories a day, the U.N. agency said.

Officials presenting the new estimates sought to stress the link between hunger and instability.

"A hungry world is a dangerous world,” said Josette Sheeran of the World Food Program. "Without food, people have only three options: They riot, they emigrate or they die.”

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Related Topics: Health and Fitness, Domestic Policy, Political Policy, Politics, Social Issues, Economic Issues, Economic Policy, Diet and Nutrition, International Relations, Economic Crisis, Food Security and Hunger


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If they are hungry, they won't have the energy to fight very long. Not everyone on the planet can live...it's survival of the fittest. Nature's a bitch, man.
Chris, Jones - Jun 20, 2009 at 10:16 am
To begin with, it's not our fault! To finish with, don't whine to Obama because he has already set a precedent of not "meddling" with such things. Obama and his supporters suggest that he should not engage in such admirable things(Iran) and let them fend for themselves. :rolleyes: Life in the liberal world has to be the most miserable thing ever known to mankind. So much squirming, so much hypocrisy, so much continual searching for any kind of common ground. :rolleyes:
Brock, Beaver - Jun 20, 2009 at 12:32 am

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