UN: 815 million people in world suffering from hunger

Baku. 13 October. REPORT.AZ/ 815 million people are suffering from hunger About 60 percent of them live in the shadow of conflict.

Report informs citing the TASS, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on ThursdaySome 80 per cent of the World Food Programme’s (WFP) funding is going to areas affected by conflict. Around 60 per cent of the 815 million people suffering from hunger today live in the shadow of conflict. Three-quarters of the stunted children in the world are in countries affected by conflict.

Calling for a system-wide approach which addresses the humanitarian-development nexus and its link to peace, Mr. Guterres appealed for an urgent commitment to scaling up aid funding and said: “In the long term, we must focus on what communities and countries need to emerge from protracted conflict and instability. We must help people not just to survive, but to thrive".