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Why Famine is Returning as a Weapon of War

Simon Whistler · May 29, 2024 · 24 min video · Global

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Back in 2015, the United Nations made what seems like a grand but doable commitment to eliminate world hunger by 2030. Although a gargantuan task, most experts agreed that it should be possible. After all, famine deaths have been plummeting since the 1980s.

Technological improvements meant getting a life-saving nutrients to starving people was easier than it had ever been. And while famine in war zones was still an issue, the Security Council would pass a unanimous resolution in 2018 that suggested depriving civilians of food during combat could constitute a war crime.

In short, these were the heady days of optimism, an era when it looked like famine would soon go the way of smallpox, or the sacred dreamcaster, strain relic of a past that 's best forgotten.

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Back in 2015, the UN aimed to end world hunger by 2030. Fast forward, and conflict-driven famine is rising. Explore the grim resurgence of hunger as a weapon of war. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Places: https://youtube.com/@Places302?si=u5C3dXhcJ4tFuY-4 Astrographics: https://youtube.com/@Celestium1234?si=4J_1EcNWIjXSBFOl Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/

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