Food. The literal bread and butter of civilization itself. The foundation of survival. The pedestal for progress. It truly is surprising… In this golden age of technology and era of betterment, something as basic as food should be a given. But it is not. In many places in the world, food is but a luxury. Food security, as defined by the United Nations World Food Summit of 1996, exists when “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”. Over 11.3% of the world’s fails to meet the requirements; 805 million people today, receive less the 2100 daily calories necessary. Over two-hundred and forty million (240,000,000)people in the Sub-Saharan African region alone are receiving
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Babies who are born to mothers who receive a nutrition-deficient diet will also be starving. In essence, straight out of the womb, many of these newborn infants are starving.
The conditions, however, have improved. Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa has decreased from 27% to 22% in the past 2 decades. The overall level of poverty in the world has declined to a record 9.6%, and with this all time low comes a decline in food instability. The battle of food security, however, is far from over, as millions still lack basic access to …show more content…
The country of Malaysia advocates the creation of SPP-ACE otherwise known as Safe Passage Programme - ACE to ensure that the food that we are providing them goes into the right hands. The creation of the SPP-ACE subdivision will be a direct response to the recent allegations that many of the lesser developed countries receiving aid are simply seizing and reselling, with little of the aid ever reaching those who need it. Secondly, The country of Malaysia strongly believes that a joint collaboration with the UNHRC is necessary in order to secure the food crisis in disputed areas of Africa and the Middle East. Refugees in the Middle East and Africa are displaced from their countries of origin, forced to move with only the clothes on their back. Thus, it would be in our best interest to immediately begin to stabilize key regions of strong soil and horticultural value, so as to allow immediate production of local food. We will be utilizing advanced algorithms in order to identify which locations can provide the most food security for the region, and thus work to secure those regions first. The country of Malaysia strongly believes that the FAO and UNDP should relabel “Food Security” and “Starvation” as a singular and interconnected issue. What has happened in the past in regards to food security and starvation is overlapping policies and resolutions that work
Babies who are born to mothers who receive a nutrition-deficient diet will also be starving. In essence, straight out of the womb, many of these newborn infants are starving.
The conditions, however, have improved. Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa has decreased from 27% to 22% in the past 2 decades. The overall level of poverty in the world has declined to a record 9.6%, and with this all time low comes a decline in food instability. The battle of food security, however, is far from over, as millions still lack basic access to …show more content…
The country of Malaysia advocates the creation of SPP-ACE otherwise known as Safe Passage Programme - ACE to ensure that the food that we are providing them goes into the right hands. The creation of the SPP-ACE subdivision will be a direct response to the recent allegations that many of the lesser developed countries receiving aid are simply seizing and reselling, with little of the aid ever reaching those who need it. Secondly, The country of Malaysia strongly believes that a joint collaboration with the UNHRC is necessary in order to secure the food crisis in disputed areas of Africa and the Middle East. Refugees in the Middle East and Africa are displaced from their countries of origin, forced to move with only the clothes on their back. Thus, it would be in our best interest to immediately begin to stabilize key regions of strong soil and horticultural value, so as to allow immediate production of local food. We will be utilizing advanced algorithms in order to identify which locations can provide the most food security for the region, and thus work to secure those regions first. The country of Malaysia strongly believes that the FAO and UNDP should relabel “Food Security” and “Starvation” as a singular and interconnected issue. What has happened in the past in regards to food security and starvation is overlapping policies and resolutions that work