Context:
The draft resolution voicing concern about severe food crisis erupting in different world regions, particularly in developing countries and net food importers.
Key Highlights:
- Poverty, inequality, lack of resources, COVID-19, climate change, biodiversity loss, disasters, conflicts, and geopolitical tensions are root causes of food insecurity and malnutrition.
- Volatile prices for food are a challenge to poverty and hunger eradication, food security, improved nutrition, and international development goals.
- These include a rise in the prices of food and agricultural inputs, disruption in the supply chain, and higher shipping and transport costs.
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization that was established in 1945 after World War II to maintain international peace and securit