World Food Day 2024

#WorldFoodDay

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) designated 16 October as World Food Day in 1979.

2024’s theme: Right to Foods for a better life and a better future, Leave no one behind.

🎥 World Food Day 2024 - UN Chief Message | United Nations

United Nations | Oct 16, 2024

"Something is very wrong with a world in which hunger and malnutrition are a fact of life for billions of children, women and men. On World Food Day, we remind ourselves of the 733 million people who are short of food because of conflict, marginalization, climate change, poverty and economic downturns — including those who face the threat of manmade famine in Gaza and Sudan... Or the 2.8 billion people who cannot afford a healthy diet — including those who are overweight as global obesity rates soar.”

Food availability!

siege within siege,

conduit, catastrophe,

trapped, starved,

true, North,

locked, without,

food, water,

sanitation, power,

medical, consumables,

sniper, aim,

fleeing feet,

(self-defense,

bullshit goes..)

The Israeli army launched a ground assault again in northern Gaza 12 days ago. Backed by warplanes, the army has continued to pound the ravaged area that has seen multiple attacks throughout the yearlong war.

More than 400,000 Palestinians remain trapped in the area, unable to move southwards because of the deadly ground incursion.

Al Jazeera | @AJLabs

Food affordability!

lack the means,

employment,

cash savings,

possessions,

economy collapse,

Israel’s assault,

cardinal exchange,

barter till,

ebb away,

dwell apart,

departed, brave

Al Jazeera | @AJLabs

Convincing shadows,

on a screen,

born to be,

thing or king,

punctuated,

willingly,

contract entered,

cold-blooded,

poison shortcuts,

masses, tucked,

already planning,

next collection..

More than 85 per cent of children in Gaza are estimated to face severe food poverty as of last month. They are consuming less than two types of food every day, which indicates nearly non-existent levels of dietary diversity. 
The UN partners report that despite several attempts to scale up nutrition support, they continue to face severe constraints, including supply chain complications, shrinking space for humanitarian operations and ongoing displacement.

🔖 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY STÉPHANE DUJARRIC, SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES | WEDNESDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2024

Security Council!

convenes again!

political timetable,

diplomatic sphere,

47 chamber meetings!

7 shelved resolutions!

(3 U.S. vetoed,

4 failed adoption)

world’s humanity,

in name only..

Danny DeVito precursor ⬇️

🎥 Security Council Media Stakeout (Middle East; Other matters)

United Nations | Oct 16, 2024

UNSC session ⬇️

🎥 The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - Security Council, 9750th meeting

Associated Press | Oct 16, 2024

"Above all, the children and families of Lebanon need peace. I last spoke to you all just a month ago following my most recent visit to Gaza. There are deeply concerning echoes in this situation with that for children and families affected by the war in Gaza. Children are the first affected in a conflict like this. The lives of children in Lebanon, children in Palestine, and indeed children in Israel and across the region have been devastated by conflict.  All these children desperately need an end to the violence that steals their safety, their education, and their very childhoods. A ceasefire – ceasefires, plural — are not just a pause in fighting — they are the first step toward rebuilding lives and restoring hope.

"Time is not on our side."

🔖 UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban’s remarks at UN media briefing on joint UNICEF/WFP mission to Lebanon

Collective,

capital,

punishment,

hunting,

haunting,

echos, Gaza

🎥 Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General. Guest: Scott Andersen (UNRWA)

United Nations | Oct 16, 2024

Anderson told reporters that there are about 470,000 people still in the north of the Strip. There are about 170,000 people in the north primarily in Jabalia. Since September 30, only 12 trucks of food have made it to the population in the north. In the south of the Strip in the declared humanitarian zone, there are about 1.4 million people in a very small space.

The UNRWA official reiterated the need to have a corresponding number of trucks that come in from the private sector. He said, “The things the UN doesn't do that the private sector does very well. We don't bring in fresh fruit and vegetables, we don't bring in eggs, we don't bring in meat, we don't bring in a lot of things. We bring in large staple items. That's our value added. And the value added for the private sectors, they do everything else, and they do it. They do it very well.”

In novel news,

first EU-GCC summit!

held in Brussels today!

We, the Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the European Union (EU) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held our first Summit on 16 October 2024 in Brussels, Belgium, under the theme “Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity” to celebrate the deepening partnership between the two blocs, co-chaired by H.E. Charles Michel, President of the European Council and H.H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar as rotating President of the Gulf Cooperation Council, in the presence of H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and, H.E. Jasem Al Budaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council and H.E. Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. 

Already.. proving,

waste, my, time

🔖 First European Union-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit - Joint Statement | Oct 16, 2024

Leaders agreed to hold the summit every two years, with the next meeting to take place in Saudi Arabia in 2026.

Prominent figures at the summit included Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The UAE delegation was led by Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and First Deputy Ruler of Dubai.

While most EU leaders were in attendance, notable absentees included German chancellor Olaf Scholz, and the leaders of Austria, Slovakia, Denmark and Poland. A group photo, initially planned for 3pm, was delayed by nearly three hours due to the late arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron.

The National News | Oct 16, 2024

The right to food, which can also be characterized as a right to culturally appropriate nutrition that a person needs to live a healthy and active life, is recognized in the UN’s 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is enshrined in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. However, it has not historically been a mainstream concept in the US.

In 2021, the US and Israel were the only countries to vote against a United Nations committee’s draft that asserted food as a human right. The draft also expressed alarm that the number of people lacking access to adequate food rose by 320 million to 2.4 billion in 2020 – nearly one-third of the world’s population. The US said the resolution contained “many unbalanced, inaccurate, and unwise provisions the United States cannot support”.

The Guardian | Oct 16, 2024

🎥 School Lunch: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight | Sep 12, 2024

So here’s to,

less sleep,

(and inshallah)

fewer nightmares

@saraqaed

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