Topic: War and conflict

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Fully ready to kill, shockingly unprepared to save lives

Blog / 19th January 2022

Just a fraction of the giant amount spent on the world's military - 2,000,000,000,000 US dollars - could meet the UN's major funding appeals for ending starvation and tackling the coronvirus pandemic, writes Baher Kamal for IPS news.

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Nobel laureates demand cut to military spending worldwide – ‘Colossal waste of resources’

News / 16th December 2021

Over 50 Nobel laureates across the globe have come together and signed an open letter for all the countries to cut their military spending by 2 percent a year for the next five years.

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'Toxic cocktail' of factors leads to grim hunger numbers, report finds

News / 16th October 2021

A “toxic cocktail” comprising the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, and “increasingly severe and protracted” violent conflicts is contributing to the reversal of progress in eliminating hunger, according to the 2021 Global Hunger Index.

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Six-fold increase in people suffering famine-like conditions since pandemic began

Report / 12th July 2021

11 people are likely dying every minute from hunger, now outpacing COVID-19 fatalities, warns Oxfam.

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Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high

News / 5th May 2021

The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, according to the findings of an annual report by the Global Network Against Food Crises.

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Let’s end the insanity of colossal military spending during a global health emergency

Blog / 4th May 2021

Imagine what could be achieved if just a portion of the money spent on military expenditures were pooled into a global fund, and redirected towards ending hunger and massively investing in public health systems. 

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World military spending rises to a hefty $2.0 trillion despite UN pleas for cutbacks

Article / 30th April 2021

The latest figures of rising arms expenditures by some of the big powers makes a mockery of the UN’s longstanding pleas for cutbacks and diversion of funds from the military into sustainable development.

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NGOs urge rethink over military spending

Blog / 26th April 2021

UK campaigning organisations are urging the government to rethink its military spending decisions in the light of the pandemic and the climate emergency.

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Governments should give single day's military spending to fight hunger

News / 21st April 2021

Aid organisations call on governments to give a single day’s military spending to fight hunger. Only 26 hours of global military spending is enough to cover the $5.5 billion needed to help most at risk.

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Yemen: Famine around the corner, says World Food Programme

News / 15th March 2021

People in Yemen face famine unless the world takes immediate action, the World Food Programme has warned at a high-level fundraising conference. 

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