Over 820 Million People Hungry, UN Calls for Action

United Nations, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) While more than 820 million people in the world are suffering from hunger and some two billion are in danger of doing so, UN authorities have demanded more daring actions to address the problem.

Presenting the report to the press - for the first time from UN headquarters in New York - the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Jose Graziano da Silva, stressed that hunger is increasing in all regions of the world.

This is largely due to the impact of conflict, climate change and the lack of widespread economic growth across the world.

As the FAO High Representative explained, the report includes several new indicators related to the threat of food insecurity and the perception of hunger.

Although they are not still hungry, many people are not sure that in the near future they will have enough resources to feed their families, he said.

That is why there is an urgent need for greater political commitment if we want to reach the Zero Hunger Sustainable Development Goal by 2030, Graziano da Silva assured.

FAO, IFAD, WFP, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) collaborated in the drafting of the report 'The State of Food Security'.