2023-07-22 21:20:59
The UN accused Russia on Friday of endangering food security in developing countries with its decision to withdraw from the so-called Black Sea agreements and its repeated bombardments in recent days against Ukrainian ports.
“The events of the past week are just the latest developments in the Russian Federation’s senseless war against its neighbor, a war whose consequences are being felt around the world.“said the head of United Nations Political Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo.
DiCarlo, in a speech before the Security Council, stressed that the end of the Black Sea agreements and the attacks on “crucial ports” they will only aggravate this crisis.
“The new wave of attacks against Ukrainian ports may have a major impact on global food security, in particular in developing countries”insisted the US diplomat, who also considered “unacceptable” the “threats” Moscow on the possibility of attacking civilian ships in the Black Sea.
Since the start of the war, the Kremlin has tried to prevent the international impact of the conflict from losing support in the so-called global southwhere it maintains friendly relations with a good number of governments.
Thus, for example, in recent days it has reiterated its willingness to supply free grain to African countries after the suspension of the Black Sea initiative for the export of Ukrainian grain.
However, the UN humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, stressed today that the breakdown of that pact poses enormous problems for vulnerable nations, especially in Africa and the Middle East.
“Global grain prices have soared, threatening to undo the progress made over the past year as markets stabilized, potentially leading millions to starvation.”he pointed.
Griffiths recalled that a large part of the world depends on basic products such as wheat and corn and said that the higher prices will be suffered mainly by families in developing countries, They spend a significant part of their income on food.
Therefore, he insisted that the Russian withdrawal from the Black Sea agreement was “hugely disappointing” and the events of the last four days, with attacks on ports and threats to ships that transit through the area, “They have been alarming.”
DiCarlo and Griffiths expressed themselves like this at an urgently called Security Council meeting to address the consequences of these latest moves by Moscow.
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