WFP: How Solving Hunger Builds a More Secure World
The World Food Programme argues that hunger is the world’s most solvable problem and that it will ultimately build a more secure world. These leaders agree.
US President Barack Obama
“Reducing malnutrition and hunger around the world advances international peace and security-and that includes the national security of the United States.”
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
“Zero hunger would boost economic growth, reduce poverty and safeguard the environment.It would foster peace and stability.”
Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil
“Where there is hunger there is no hope….Hunger nurtures violence and fanaticism. A world where people starve will never be safe”
HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan,
Former Ambassador Against Hunger
“A dollar invested in ending hunger, is a dollar invested in peace.”
Kristalina Georgieva,
European Commissioner for International Cooperation
“Hunger… impedes countries’ economic development, perpetuating a cycle of more hunger, more poverty and more instability. To solve this problem is one of the most important tasks we face today.”
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