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UN Cuts Food Rations to Refugees Amid Global Shortage

&NewLine;<p>As poorer nations throughout the world approach famine conditions as a result of inflation and Russia&&num;8217&semi;s invasion of Ukraine &lpar;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;My article &colon; https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchingbagpost&period;com&sol;it-begins-bangladesh-fears-famine-as-india-cuts-wheat-exports&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">read more here<&sol;a>&rpar;&comma; the United Nations food relief agency &&num;8211&semi; The World Food Program &lpar;WFP&rpar; &&num;8211&semi; has decided to cut food rations for refugees by up to 50&percnt;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As global hunger soars way beyond the resources available to feed all the families who desperately need the WFP&&num;8217&semi;s help&comma; we are being forced to make the heart-breaking decision to cut food rations for refugees who rely on us for their survival&comma;” laments WFP Executive Director David Beasley&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>The ration cuts are expected to impact 75&percnt; of the refugees in Eastern African who currently depend on the program&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong>Earlier this year&comma; the WFP cut rations to West Africa even as the region experiences a 10-year peak in hunger&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Without urgent new funds to support refugees &&num;8211&semi; one of the world’s most vulnerable and forgotten groups of people &&num;8211&semi; many facing starvation will be forced to pay with their lives&comma;” continues Beasley&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Despite generous support from donors&comma;” the WFP simply does not have the funds to continue its current programs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>As reported by <em>UN News<&sol;em>&comma; the agency would need more than &dollar;600 million just to support African refugees for the next six months&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Imminent disruptions” are expected in Malawi&comma; Angola&comma; Republic of Congo&comma; Mozambique&comma; Zimbabwe&comma; and Tanzania&comma; added Beasley&comma; and nations most at risk of food riots include India&comma; Nigeria&comma; the Philippines&comma; Colombia&comma; and Turkey&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>Of the nearly-10 million refugees to receive support from the WFP in 2021&comma; 67&percnt; came from nations facing food crises&period;&nbsp&semi;Factors that have further exacerbated food shortages in 2022 include&colon; Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting exodus of 6 million refugees&comma; food inflation&comma; rising energy and fertilizer costs&comma; and climate extremes&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Author&&num;8217&semi;s Note&colon; <&sol;strong>With all of the stupid crap the UN does&comma; you would think it could find the funds to continue its support for refugees who depend on it for survival &&num;8211&semi; maybe cut funding to the World Health Organization or the International Atomic Energy Agency&quest;&quest; Anything is better than letting children starve&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Sources&colon; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;news&period;un&period;org&sol;en&sol;story&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;1120772">Amidst escalating needs and soaring hunger&comma; refugees caught in the eye of the perfect storm&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;zerohedge&period;com&sol;geopolitical&sol;un-food-chief-halved-refugee-food-rations-global-hunger-crisis-worsens">UN Food Chief Halved Refugee Meal Rations as Global Hunger Crisis Worsens&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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