If the world does not control it food crisis caused by Russia’s war against Ukrainethe record of 100 million uprooted people worldwide will be increased by an “even greater number of people”, warned yesterday Wednesday the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Efforts to tackle the food insecurity crisis (…) are crucial to prevent the displacement of even larger numbers of peopleInsisted Filippo Grady during a press conference in Geneva.
It is not clear how many could be displaced, “but it will be a large number,” said the High Commissioner, presenting the annual report of the service he leads for 2021.
THE war of Russia in Ukraine deprives the world of grains and fertilizers, sets prices on firebrings millions of people around the world to the brink of starvation.
“The concequensesif this is not resolved quickly, it will be catastrophicMr. Grady stressed, before rushing to restate:are already catastrophic».
This threatened catastrophe, as reported by APE-MPE, also concerns him World Trade Organizationwhose ministers meet in Geneva, and the work of other UN bodies.
At the end of 2021, the world counted 89.3 million refugees and internally displaced persons, more than double the number 10 years ago, more specifically 53.2 million internally displaced persons and 27.1 million refugees.
And then the Russian invasion threw on the streets 12 to 14 million Ukrainians, who sought refuge either in other parts of their country or abroad. This human sea resulted in May, for the first time in history, exceeding the limit of 100 million uprooted in the world.
“Every year during the last decade, the numbers have not stopped growing,” recalled Filippo Grady. “Either the international community will mobilize and react in the face of this human tragedy, ending the conflict and coming up with sustainable solutions, or this dramatic trend will continue.”
Huge wave of solidarity for Ukrainian refugees as opposed to refugees from other countries
Huge wave of solidarity – from citizens and states – welcomed Ukrainians across Europe, a treatment that bears no resemblance to the treatment often accorded to refugees from other war-torn countries, such as Syrians or Afghans.
Mr Grady, who remembers very well that European leaders told him that their countries could not accommodate others, were “full” of migrants when they came from elsewhere, said that it seemed that when one wanted, one could.
“I am not naive, I understand the background, that it is not always possible to be like that, but (the Ukrainian crisis) showed something important, that the reception of huge flows of refugees on the coasts or borders of rich countries is manageableHe insisted.
He also stressed the role of politicians, who helped the people of their countries to accept the Ukrainian refugees, did not start shouting that “they are coming to steal our jobs, to threaten our security, to destroy our values.”
When it comes to financial aid, the opposite is true. Huge sums disbursed without delay to provide assistance to Ukrainian refugeeswhile governments claimed that they did not have every time the UN asked for funds to handle very serious crises.
«It is not possible to have an unequal reaction“As happened with the COVID-19 vaccines, the High Commissioner ruled that the donor countries assure that ‘what they have given to Ukraine is in addition’ to the sums they have promised to spend to deal with other crises.”
“For the time being, the numbers do not show that,” Grady said, but wanted to believe that the money would come.
Filippo Grady also expressed “grave concern” about the Horn of Africa and the Sahel, two areas where everything that forces people to flee is concentrated: conflict, insecurity, poor governance, and the often violent manifestations of climate change.
The Sahel is “the perfect reflection of the way these things are done,” a “truly vicious circle due to many factors.” For the time being, people there are being displaced within their own countries, or neighboring countries, but “I would not be surprised if, with food insecurity widening, we see people leaving the area,” he warned.
Consequences with duration
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has “dealt a severe blow to international co-operation,” according to Grady.
Even if this conflict ended soon – something for which there is much doubt – “the rifts between the West and Russia and even between key member states of the Security Council (UN) are such that they will take time to heal.”
“If they do not heal, I do not know how we will handle this global crisis,” he added.
Source: News Beast
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