georgieva: let me first say how much i respect the work of the world food program. where it isplaces savey dangerous to be to lives of people. i heard from the head of the world food program encouraging words that it looks like he is gathering support for this funding that is now necessary. fund iscan do from the actually to support countries to so theirgh financing people do not go hungry. this is emergency financing. it is generally a lifeline. 56 countries. added $3.5eek, we billion as emergency financing and what is provided is the ability for countries themselves projectsritical including making sure there is money to support agriculture and the provision of food. ryan: a perfect bridge into the next question where we have aboutbeing very positive your role in getting a debt moratorium for some of the poorest countries this year and next year but they described it as a first step only. and there might be more that is needed. we are in a situation where we do not have a vaccine heading into 2021 and 2022, it seems obvious we are in a zone to think about resilienc

welcome to the france twenty four interview our guest todayy is the executive director of the world food program david beasley he joins us from south carolina thank you very much for being with us today. thank you mark so the world food program- is helping lots of people around the world and you recently- worn the united nations security council that unless we continue. operator all of it pandemic will soon be followed by a quote unquote hunger pandemic of biblical proportions aren't you exaggeratingng oh gosh mark i really really wish i w were but here's the situation in fact before kobee hit the scene i haveve been warning leadersrs- particularly in the european area that we were facing she in the year the twenty y first minute terry crisis since w war war. she when you look this s up tetell the truth thus and yeah. she e eiopia d. all f flood the drought the conflict the w wars we were already facing a very bleakk situation and thenn deset lolocust yeah it is devastating it for five countries as we speak enen came code inside two weeks ago we just came out when i was speaking to the united na

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from health crisis to food prices the coronaviruses of ending the world as we know it united nations world food program is warning of ball to pull famines of biblical proportions as tens of millions are plunged into starvation long before the pandemic the agency had been warning world leaders that 2020 would bring the worst humanitarian crisis since world war 2 that's made 135000000 people face starvation and back and double to 200 $65000000.00 by the end of the year it blames the perfect storm in yemen and syria natural disasters and changing weather patterns. at particular risk or refugees in informal workers for example it's estimated that about 136000000 people in india working in the non agriculture sector are at immediate risk of losing their jobs the world food programme has called for $365000000.00 but only a quarter of that has been received so far with more than $2000000000.00 people under lockdown supply chains have been disrupted and that's not just in the emerging and developing markets the rapid collapse of economic activity has led to more than 26000000 people applying for unemployment b

we welcome the exexecutive didirector of the world food program. thank you for being with us. program has been helping people around the world. you recently warned the u.n. that unless we continue our operation to help -- our operation, the pandemic will "hungerfollowed by a pandemic of biblical proportions." are to exaggerating -- aren't you exaggerating? >> i wish i were. before cobit hit the scene, ii have been warning leaders t that the worstcing humanitarian crisis since world war ii. when y you look at the s say hel the s- when you look atat the floods,ratingng, droughts, wars, we will alalreay facing a bleak situation. and then desert locusts hit. then came at covid. when i was speaking to the united nations security council, i produced the new numbers of the people around the world that wewere marching to the brink of starvation. i am not talking about hungry people. -- there 821 100 million people they go to bed chroronically hungry. additional people are in the brink of starvation. out of that 130 5 million, we supported about 100 million people. m million, 3030 milli

security council the executive director of the world food program david beasley made it clear $135000000.00 people around the world are headed toward starvation with the coronavirus potentially taking an additional $130000000.00 down that path in a workstation area we could be looking at salmon and about 3 dozen countries and in fact you know these countries we already have more than 1000000 people per country who are all the verge of starvation in a number of nations that already have difficulty feeding their people it's not only cope at 19 that is making things worse but also locusts from africa to south asia swarms of the destructive insects are disseminated crops millions of acres of vegetation have been left barren by the bugs in 23 countries it is thought that the current locust population could grow up to 400 times its current number by summer potentially spreading to new areas. add that to the strains of covert 19 things do not look good for these already hurting nations you know their parts of the world the question many are asking is can covert 19 affect food supplies in highly de

world food program says the pandemic could push an additional $130000000.00 people to the brink of starvation by the end of the year most live in parts of africa al jazeera as their cause hark reports from. the girls he's region. as children they were classmates job went on to mit in the u.s. and around a multi-national company before returning home to become the town's mayor. stated i had several children and opened a small stall selling peanuts now she's appealing to jump for help measures to stop the spread of coronavirus has also stopped her trade she and her family are going hungry here normally food is very cheap through here people are producing and because she feels she's very easy we have 15 kilometers from the sea and this is a very good decision we have never 'd submitted any health food industry. job is meeting with town elders they're deciding which families will receive state provided bags of rice each making their case because there's not enough food for everyone. no one has been infected with the virus here yet but people are suffering from the viruses economic impact this is

the world food program warns 130000000 people could be pushed close to starvation by the pandemic. first begin in hong kong where police have fired volleys of tear gas at protesters of the thousands turned out to oppose china's proposed national security law demonstrators have blocked streets in the territories popular shopping district or swayed by the bill would ban all activities considered subversive activists say it would be the end of hong kong's autonomy. and brown joins us now from hong kong major i saw moments ago police moved you along how things shaping up now. well i think in this corner of causeway bay the police to slowly regaining control of the streets following a number of skirmishes earlier on sunday afternoon when tear gas was fired now these protests make it all very reminiscent of actually what happened a year ago when we had large protests also in this part of hong kong now these protesters of course are taking part in an unauthorized assembly but also they're defying a social distancing rules which ban groups of more than 8 people gathering in one place what

the world's poorest also poised to be disproportionately affected we have here from the world food programying that the cove in 1000 pandemic will see more than a quarter of a 1000000000 people suffering acute hunger by the end of the year where's the action but i think that you know this is the problem not simply in poor countries which is what the world food program is highlighting but it's also a problem you know closer to home every country has its neglected marginalized disadvantaged communities you know whether it's its immigrants or you know people living in poverty and there is a tendency on the part of governments to just oh you know ignore those people you know if people can't afford the very basics they're not going to be able to afford a vaccine that is very clear and therefore i'd like to ask you because there are calls for any coronavirus vaccine to be accessible for all we have the u.n. secretary general antonio ted as saying that the treatments and vaccines should actually belong to the whole world not individual countries or regions when we look at the state of leadership

of dollars to help protect people in the poorest countries from coronavirus the head of the world food program says the pandemic could lead to a significant rise in conflict hunger and poverty 11 people have died after a gas leak at an indian factory up to a 1000 people were left with breathing problems after the incident at a plastics plant in the east of the country facility owned by the south korean firm elegy had been closed for 40 days due to india's coronavirus meltdown. there's a top stories do stay with us from al-jazeera the stream is up next. rather large a la nina. talk about. us deaths and grieving at a local pandemic well after one conversations show you how you have few as. i look on much but if on one. and just want you us explaining what the scene was about to grow virus death using. niko jump and how does this a lot to me says.

billions of dollars to help protect people in the poorest countries from coronavirus head of the world food program says the pandemic could lead to a significant rise in conflict hunger and poverty he called for $4700000000.00 of extra aid warning that any instability could affect people across the world the nickel official says a plastics factory in india has just begun to leak toxic gas again that comes after 11 people were killed by an early leak after a 1000 people have been left with breathing problems after the incident in the east of the country the facility and by the south korean from l.g. had been on news for 40 days due to india's coronavirus knock down. to stay with us one i want east is next looking at the polls fake orphans thanks very much dishwashing. i care about how the u.s. engages with the rest of the world i cover foreign policy national security this is a political impasse here's the conflict are we telling a good story we're really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise it's absolutely feels that you were there. from the impoverished communit

world food programs emergency food operations as well as -- which was forced to scale down because of the ongoing interference. whether it is our work countering diseases, the state department is very focused on saving lives, and by implementing the policy, president trump's administration has gone further than any in history in making sure tax dollars do not subsidize the global abortion industry. i'll take a handful of questions. first, i mentioned hong kong last week. we are delaying our report to congress. we will assess hong kong's autonomy to allow us to account for any additional actions beijing may be contemplating that would further undermine the people of hong kong's autonomy as promised by china when they entered into the agreement with the people of hong kong. i'm excited to report that negotiations on the u.s.-u.k. free-trade agreement are underway. few matters related to the islamic a public of iran. the united states sanctioned a company who were doing business, generating revenue and resources for their terror campaign. anyone conducting business with iranian entities

the world food program says an additional $130000000.00 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the end of the year because of the pandemic most live in sub-saharan africa they call us talk reports now from some of the incentive. as children they were classmates job went on to mit in the u.s. and around a multinational company before returning home to become the town's mayor stated i had several children and opened a small stall selling peanuts now she's appealing to jump for help measures to stop the spread of coronavirus has also stopped her trade she and her family are going hungry here normally food is very cheap here people are producing because should of which you see fish is very easy we have 15 kilometers from the sea and this is very situation we have no. 'd food in this. job is meeting with town elders they're deciding which families will receive state provided bags of rice each making their case because there's not enough food for everyone no one has been infected with the virus here yet but people are suffering from the virus is economic impact this is one of the

the world food program says an additional $130000000.00 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the end of the year because of the pandemic most live in sub-saharan africa reports now from sunday instead of girls to use region. as children they were classmates job went on to mit in the u.s. and ran a multinational company before returning home to become the town's mayor stated i have several children and opened a small stall selling peanuts now she's appealing to jump for help measures to stop the spread of coronavirus has also stopped her trade she and her family are going hungry here normally food is very cheap through here people are producing agriculture deploys you see fish is very easy we have 15 kilometers from the sea and this is a very good decision we have never 'd submitted any help like food industry the. mayor job is meeting with town elders they're deciding which families will receive state provided bags of rice each making their case because there's not enough food for everyone. no one has been infected with the virus here yet but people are suffering from the

after treatment you'll see what is going to happen next the world food program says half of the population needs food aid a poverty assessment done by the government and aid agencies last year found nearly 80 percent of families in urban areas are hungry the. local 1000000 companies try to cope with what's available the pandemic has made it difficult to buy more grain from abroad. some of this country is on lockdown it's not export ban but whether it's simply done is that the infrastructure the whole system of exporting is no sister or bridge also and some of the ships that debris concerning the sake. of the station there so this is the. additional one. families in rural areas are also struggling the rains have been erratic many haven't managed to grow much food now the global health crisis is making more families here vulnerable priority is given to the sick and the elderly and even here people are being courage to practice social distancing but masks and gloves and hand sanitizers are in short supply and that's the case all over the country. zimbabwe's unofficial unemployment rate is mor

about food insecurity and hunger in recent weeks, and it struck me as terribly sad that the world food program is struggling to get even a billion dollars together to really prevent the sort of mass starvations that might happen if there are big breakdowns in food supply chains in africa. is there anything that you can think of or that the i.m.f. can do to connect the world food froom that billion dollars, or what do you think are some of the missing ingredients? >> let me satisfies how much i respect the work of the food program. they are in places where it is really dangerous to be. i heard from the head of the food program, encouraging work that it looks like he is gathering support for this fun thing that is now necessary. hat we can do from the fund is actually support countries to have enough financing so that people don't go hungry, and this is our emergency financing. that is genuinely a lifeline. , are now up to 66 countries and just this week, we added $3.5 billion as emergency financing, and what it provides is the ability for countries hemselves to fund critical items, including to

university of getting there and we asked him whether these supply problems are behind the world food program's prediction of nearly 270000000 people will go hungry this year as a result of the virus. that food emergency would have at the world put problem as quite whitely wanting us is threatening has nothing to do really but the supply of food it's a consequence of the fact that people. who's in that jobs don't have incomes and that's a consequence of the lock down and there's very little that can be done fundamentally to change that except for the rich countries of the world trying to help simply by the cash transfers to these countries and again that's a problem on the demand side it's a poverty problem it's not a problem on the supply side. other business headlines. to boost the prospects of. the u.s. and the. key from the u.s. side but it is controversial with. a 55000000000. economy. emergency assistance to hard hit industries such as. construction as well as aid to families and the. company. and. despite. some sports news now and the head of the resumption this weekend other major footb

of dollars to help protect people in the poorest countries from coronavirus the head of the world food program says the pandemic could lead to a significant rise in conflict hunger and poverty 11 people have died after a gas leak at an indian factory up to a 1000 people were left with grieving problems after the incident at a plastics plant in the east of the country facility owned by the south korean firm elegy had been closed for 40 days due to india's coronavirus lockdown. there's a top stories do stay with us and the stream is up next. lathering a lot of. talk about simply as intimate as death and grieving at a local pandemic well after one difficult conversations show you how you have few as. i look on much for the faith on why. and just sitting down to us explaining what the scene was about to grow the virus death and grieving and one last night nico jumped on and told us that a lot. went to. get not touch. anyone and could not hug over. the last few weeks of his life. the fact that i'm not. in this. instance an engine with. which you cannot she and. much of your. guests. in. what he she

i mean we have had some pretty strong warnings that i'd just like to bring up one from the world food program that warns that 265000000 people right now are at risk of going hungry this year i mean you mentioned the importance of rice as a food staple how do we stop a food emergency. that food emergency would have that the world food problem is quite likely warning us is threatening has nothing to do really even the supply of food it's a consequence of the fact that people. whose ings that jobs don't have incomes and that's a consequence of the lock down that is very little that can be done fundamentally to change that except for the rich countries of this road trying to help simply by the cash transfers to these countries and again that's a problem on the demand side as a public the problem it's not a problem on the supply side a very very sobering assessment there stephon take them on cultural economist at the in university thank you so much for sharing with us but. well the postponement of this year's tokyo olympics has had negative consequences for many athletes they've had to cut back on

also had a crisis caused by the virus the world food program says more than 130000000 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation. and the sports news find out why one baseball team in florida is putting its entire stadium on to be in big. thousands of protesters in hong kong have been rallying against a national security bill as proposed by the central government in beijing the police responded with tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds demonstrators were blocking streets in the popular shopping district causeway bay the proposal would ban all activity is considered subversive and activists say it would be the end of hong kong's or ptolemy china's foreign minister meanwhile reiterating that anything to do with hong kong is an internal matter one year old so warned other countries against meddling in its affairs during a media briefing in beijing little cunt sharif since the turbulence over proposed legislative amendments last june we have seen increasingly rampant activities by hong kong independence organizations and radical local ists in hong kong escalating viole

and hence mal and so they're not on effects in terms of malnutrition our rate starvation the world food program is now orning that 265000000 people are risk of severe malnutrition and in some cases what the head of the w.s.p. has referred to as a fan of biblical proportions so again it's the health and the economic together with no cushion and very little ability to be resilient because so many of these communities are living on the edge you've talked about the trumpet ministrations decision to cut funding to the world health organization because they say that it's too close to china come i raise that point with you does president trump have a bit of a point that china is growing more powerful in the international. system a managing to silence parts of the u.n. system particularly on issues of human rights the best recipe for china to increase its influence in international organizations is for the united states to pull back and that is what the u.s. has been doing since january 20th 2017 and new the u.s. has been pulling out international agreements pulling away from its democratic allies in t

will not be enough to deal with what prime minister has warns could be a major food crisis the world food program says prices of basic goods increased by at least 40 percent that's linked to the devaluation of the local currency the euro lebannon is heavily reliant on food imports they are at risk because of the scarcity of dollars to buy them our food security is in danger because of the financial crisis and because our agricultural sector has been in shambles for the past 30 years successive governments blamed for mismanagement and corruption have been criticised for failing to support lebanese farmers campaigns have recently been launched to encourage agriculture and self-sufficiency as well as support food producers it's cost $3.00 to $4.00 times more. this year than it did last year and they don't have. so it's kind of just to ensure that the supply chain throughout the season is insured for everyone for it and for us a lot of these sort of more and more lebanese are falling into poverty non-governmental organizations and charities are stepping in and this supermarket everything is free many

according to the world food program more than 65 percent of whom are poor ethnic tensions have plagued the country since it gained independence in 1962. the kind it has promised to create jobs fix the struggling economy and unite ethnic communities. a man says the key to all that is fast ensuring that the election is peaceful catherine sorry august era . still ahead on al-jazeera. a plea for help in argentina often more than a 1000 coronavirus cases are reported in the promise. of the race to relocate millions in the path of a storm bearing down on bangladesh and india. had a very well indeed across northern sections of the middle east of course across the arabian peninsula but really it's been through the eastern end of the mediterranean really clear skies as well as some brisk winds coming through the eastern med say it's proved this will the people who are out there practicing their kite surfing now the temperatures are going to stay on the high side for the next few days in this damascus in jerusalem of course to the south more of that cloud developing later that across central wes

according to the world food program more than 65 percent of whom are poor ethnic tensions have plagued the country since it gained independence in 1962. the kind of it has promised to create jobs fix the struggling economy and unite ethnic communities. a man says the key to all that is fast ensuring that the election is peaceful catherine saw. but people in some of argentina's poorest neighborhoods are demanding government help to stop the spread of the coronavirus through their communities where there are more than 1000 confirmed cases in the village of 31 slum dwellers on rees which is overcrowded and lacking running water trees about reports. they came from some of the poorest neighborhoods in one aside to the city center. to protest and demand better conditions for those living in the city slums i mean. we have families that are infected who can't clean themselves because there is no water they have to go and pick it up and we can't cook in the soup kitchens because there is no water but we are getting organized to see how we can make it work this week a community leader of the so-

and the effects on these most vulnerable nations and it's for those 2 reasons the head of the world food program david beasley said the situation was so grave. as to what we're facing now is the double pandemic truly famines that could impact us the biblical course there's no question mega famines are all on our break literally right now before kobe hit the scene and we already had 130000000 people as i say marching on the brink of starvation. the problem of course is going to be trying to persuade countries even the richest countries on earth for example where i am u.n. headquarters is in new york and the u.s. has all its attention on its own economic problems how are you going to persuade them to spend the money it's worth telling you the 1st version of this appeal was $2000000000.00 they only managed to raise home off of that money thank you that said that is on diplomatic initiative james banks. pakistan's prime minister on com says he'll stop the fighting lockdown from saturday despite a high number of cases there are more than 24000 confirmed infections and 564 deaths high is in assam abba

according to the world food program more than 65 percent of whom are poor ethnic tensions have plagued the country since it gained independence in 1962. the kind it has promised to create jobs fix the struggling economy and unite ethnic communities. a man says the key to all that is fast ensuring that the election is peaceful catherine sorry august era . india and bangladesh are evacuating millions of people as they brace for the most powerful cycling to hit in 2 decades so when there is expected to make landfall late on tuesday night kind of a child reports now from dhaka thanks this is the 1st super cycle on farming over the bay of bengal in more than 20 years. people living in the coastal areas are worried. approaches the coast of bangladesh. is in a hurry to collect their belongings and rush to a shelter. we are worried about the cycle and now we're preparing to go to the shelter the situation isn't good we're not sure what will happen to us all commercial ships fishing boats and trawlers over the bay of bengal and deep sea have been advised to take shelter. volunteers across the c