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UNITED NATIONS (AP) \u2014 The U.N. food agency said millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war<\/span>, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high. <\/p>\n

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The World Food Program said an analysis in three vulnerable countries found that an additional 2.5 million people in Somalia, 2.3 million in Afghanistan and 1.3 million in Sri Lanka are struggling to meet their basic food needs.<\/p>\n

In March, WFP predicted that 45 million people could be pushed into food insecurity by the end of June. That would be on top of the 318 million people around the world who are already food insecure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain by that prognosis,\u201d WFP\u2019s acting Executive Director Carl Skau told U.N. reporters. \u201cThat\u2019s mainly because the correlation between the prices of energy and food is so tight in many places, and also that in the poorest countries people are already spending all their money on food, and hence when food prices rise, they eat less.\u201d<\/p>\n

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WFP said in its report, circulated late Thursday, that its findings indicate the Mideast crisis is generating \u201csignificant spillovers,\u201d particularly on the prices of food and fuel, and disrupting trade. Especially in already vulnerable countries, the Rome-based U.N. agency said, these factors interact and quickly impact food security and livelihoods.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese impacts are expected to intensify in the coming months, even if the crisis in the Middle East de-escalates,\u201d WFP said.<\/p>\n

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Skau cited other global hotspots with food insecurity, including Sudan, Gaza, southern Lebanon, Yemen and Haiti.<\/p>\n

WFP has had to limit aid to millions of needy people because of funding cuts, and Skau urged donors to step up, especially for Somalia and Afghanistan \u201cbecause the human consequences of not doing more will be massive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The U.N. food agency says millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high. The World Food Program says an analysis found that an additional 2.5 million people in Somalia, 2.3 million in Afghanistan and 1.3 million in Sri Lanka are struggling to meet their basic food needs. In March, the agency predicted that 45 million more people could be pushed into food insecurity by the end of June. That would be on top of the 318 million people around the world who are already food insecure. WFP\u2019s acting Executive Director Carl Skau told U.N. reporters that the prognosis still stands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"\nUN food agency says millions are being pushed into hunger by Iran war - Top Moving Pros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=563\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UN food agency says millions are being pushed into hunger by Iran war - Top Moving Pros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.N. food agency says millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high. 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