while to discuss that i'm now joined by david beasley executive director of the world food program mr beazley it's great to talk to you thank you for your time well it's good to be with you thank you now when the news of your appointment came foreign policy magazine and road that the un put appointee of the head of the world food program to quote help stave off u.s. cuts if that was their rationale has it worked out well it has it but i came kicking and screaming into the system because i was not necessarily a un person but when i heard the facts of how bad the situation was around the world with all the conflict war and hunger coupled with the fact that the united states very well make i decided i would take the role in so i hit the ground running facing for famines facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the beginning of the united nations which by the way seventy years of history here and in russia and so we were facing a catastrophic situation along with the fact that the number one donor into the u.n. system the united states was talking about cutting. all the money so who would want

this all this escalation is all because of man made conflict absolutely that's why i'm asking you mr beazley since you seem to believe that it is possible to those wars. pieces and also for all of us but i'm sure in your daily line of work you deal with the green reality rather than aspirations what makes you believe given that what you just said the. turnaround in the statistics very dispiriting turn around and it's that distance what makes you believe that the international community all of a sudden they will be able to you know change its mind and when they are told that complex well there's still a dream in my heart that the hopes of people every person i meet i tend to think is a desire of their heart to have peace and i think sometimes. in diplomacy circles we tend to talk about the little things that distract us versus the bigger things that can attract us and i think the united nations in my opinion has not done the job that it should have done in the past twenty thirty years but i think you have new leadership in the united nations i think you have new leadership around the world th

this all the escalation is all because of man made conflict absolutely that's why i'm asking you mr beazley since you seem to believe that it is possible to those wars. peace is an aspiration for all of us but i'm sure in your daily line of work you deal with the green reality rather than aspirations what makes you believe given that what you just said the. turnaround in the statistics very dispiriting turn around and it's that distance what makes you believe that the international community all of a sudden they will be able to you know change its mind and when they are told that complex well there's still a dream in my heart that the hopes of people every person i meet i tend to think there is a desire in their heart to have peace and i think sometimes. in diplomacy circles we tend to talk about the little things that distract us versus the bigger things that can attract us and i think the united nations in my opinion has not done the job that it should have done in the past twenty thirty years but i think you have new leadership in the united nations i think you have new leadership around

all of this escalation is all because of manmade conflict absolutely that's why i'm asking you mr beazley since you seem to believe that it is possible to those wars. peace is an aspiration for all of us but i'm sure in your daily line of work you deal with the green reality rather than aspirations of what makes you believe given there what you just said the the turnaround in the statistics very dispiriting turn around in the statistics what makes you believe that the international community all of a sudden the bill be able to you know change its mind and put them to all that complex well there's still a dream in my heart that the hopes of people every person i meet i tend to think there is a desire in their heart to have peace and i think sometimes. in diplomacy circles we tend to talk about the little things that distract us versus the bigger things that can attract us and i think the united nations in my opinion has not done the job that it should have done in the past twenty thirty years but i think you have new leadership in the united nations i think you have new leadership around t

while to discuss that i'm now joined by david beasley executive director of the world food program mr beazley it's great to talk to thank you for your time was good to be with you thank you now when the news of your appointment came foreign policy magazine and road that the yuan put chums appointee they had of the world food program to quote help stave off u.s. cuts if that was their rationale has it worked out well it has a bit it came kicking and screaming into the system because i was not necessarily a un person but when i heard the facts of how bad the situation was around the world with all the conflict war and hunger coupled with the fact that the united states very will make i decided i would take the the role and so i hit the ground running facing for famines facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the beginning of the united nations which by the way seventy years of history here and in russia and so we were facing a catastrophic situation along with the fact that the number one donor into the u.n. system the united states was talking about cutting all the money so who would want t

welcome back to worlds apart to me david beasley executive director of the world food programme mr beazley earlier this month to trumpet ministration and its vision of the us budget for the fiscal year of two thousand and nineteen which features a substantial increase in military spending cuts and social spending as well as some restructuring of the u.s. contributions to the united nations have you done any preliminary asked cement so how this proposed pattern now spending may affect the world food program you know the president's budget very well dramatically impact us but if you know anything about the u.s. process of budgeting just the house and senate makes the final decision we feel very confident before that the processes that works its way through the president and the leadership in the senate in the house will come together with a budget that will be that i think will be good for the world food programme so we can continue to address around the world and then when you think about the united states' commitment to the world food program last year two thousand and seventeen was two po

while to discuss that i'm now joined by david beasley executive director of the world food program mr beazley it's great to talk to you thank you for your time it was good to be with you thank you now when the news of your appointment came foreign policy magazine and road that the un put appointee they had of the world food program to quote help stave off u.s. cuts if that was their rationale has it worked out well it has a better came kicking and screaming into the system because i was not necessarily a un person but when i heard the facts of how bad the situation was around the world with all the conflict war and hunger coupled with the fact that the united states very well make i decided i would take the role and so i hit the ground running facing for famines facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the beginning of the united nations which by the way seventy years of history here and in russia and so we were facing a catastrophic situation along with the fact that the number one donor into the u.n. system the united states was talking about cutting all the money so who would want that j

to discuss that i'm now joined by david beasley executive director of the world food programme mr beazley it's great to talk to thank you for your time it was good to be with you thank you now when the news of your appointment came foreign policy magazine and road that the yuan put appointee of the head of the world food programme to quote help stave off u.s. cuts if that was their rationale has it worked out well it has a bit it came kicking and screaming into the system because i was not necessarily un person you know but when i heard the facts of how bad the situation was around the world with all the conflict war and hunger coupled with the fact that the united states very will make. i decided i would take the role in so i hit the ground running.