2020 Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN World Food Programme leader speaks at Minnesota event
Venturing beyond the local and national election concerns, this hour we focus on global concerns. Prior to the election, on World Food Day, the organization Global Minnesota hosted a virtual event, and two keynote speakers said the world is at a crossroads.
The COVID-19 crisis, economic decline, growing inequality and climate change are all contributing to global hunger and long-term food insecurity.
David Beasley said in his keynote address that we need to “see the relationship between war and peace and food.” That is no doubt why his organization — the UN World Food Programme — was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Beasley said with all the wealth in the world, “there is no reason for a child to go to bed hungry.”
A second keynote address was given by Jeffrey Sachs, founder and director of UN Sustainable Development Solutions. He said there is a hunger crisis in the US, and around the world.
Mark Ritchie is the president of Global Minnesota, which hosted this virtual event on Oct. 16 on World Food Day.
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