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United Nations report on hunger: The United Nations has presented a depressing picture of the hunger looming over the world. On one hand, only 1 percent of the world's population has accumulated 42 trillion dollars in the last 10 years, while on the other hand, 730 million people in the world are suffering from hunger. That year, one-third of the world's population could not get enough healthy food. The first goal in these circumstances was that we would be able to end hunger by 2023, but that year the situation became such that due to war, economic recession and irregular weather, 730 million people had to remain hungry last year.
The United Nations report published on July 24 loudly admits that it is impossible to eradicate hunger from the world by 2030. In 2023, 730 million people are forced to remain hungry. That means 1 out of every 11 people was struggling with hunger. The situation is very serious in Africa. There, 1 out of every 5 people sleep hungry every night.
The report was jointly published by five UN agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Organization for Agricultural Development, UNICEF World Food Programme and the World Health Organization (WHO). It will be presented at the G-20 summit in Brazil. It says that there is a need to increase funding for food security and nutrition to reduce global hunger. There is a risk of starvation. But the crisis of malnutrition is equally serious. Healthy food is out of reach for most of the world's people. If this situation remains, more than 580 million people will be severely malnourished by the end of this decade. Most of these will be in Africa. Economist David Laborde, one of the authors of the report, said that the situation today is worse than it was nine years ago. At that time we asked the world to end hunger by 2030, but this does not seem possible. In 2023 alone, 1/3 of the world's population will not have access to a healthy and adequate diet.
The report said that 71.5 percent of people in low-income countries did not eat a healthy diet last year, while the figure was just 6.3 percent in high-income countries. Malnutrition has a negative impact on the physical and mental development of children. Adults are also affected in the long run. While distributing bags of rice at the time of disaster will not do anything, the report emphasizes on creating a comprehensive strategy. Time cannot afford to lose $176 billion, $3.98 trillion will be needed to eradicate hunger by 2030.
