U.N. News Centre: As four countries face famine, world ‘must step up now’ says top U.N. food security forum
“With famine looming in four countries, the United Nations-backed Committee on World Food Security (CFS) stressed [Wednesday] the need to rally support for both immediate relief to people at risk and for longer-term initiatives. ‘Governments, civic groups, and businesses need to rally support for both immediate relief to people in countries at risk of famine and longer-term initiatives that will allow them to recover and restore their livelihoods,’ Ambassador Amira Gornass, chair of the CFS, said [Wednesday] in Rome…” (5/17).