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10 million people in need of humanitarian aid in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador

Humanitarian aid About 10 million people are needed in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, or 30% of the three countries’ total population, according to senior UN officials, who have called for increased donations to those Central American countries.

Food insecurity is growing in these countries, which have already been hit by chronic violence, cyclone effects, global warming and the new coronavirus pandemic, said UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Locke. in a video conference on the humanitarian situation in the region.

“Today we estimate the number of people at 10 million –ie 30% of the total population in the three countries – which need humanitarian aid “he noted, as broadcast by AMPE.

“In Central America alone, the number of people who are literally at risk of starvation has quadrupled, from two to eight million,” said David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Program. UN.

According to current forecasts, “very simply millions of families will not be able to feed themselves” in the three countries this year, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield also said, referring to humanitarian crisis. “We need to do more to address the scope and urgency of this need and to share the burden more,” he added.

“One in three displaced in the area is a child” UNICEF Director Enrietta For recalled that more and more immigrants, including unaccompanied minors, were trying to reach the United States via Mexico.

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