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New York: The first faminies of the Corona virus era could soon hit four chronically food deprived conflict areas Yemen, South Sudan, North-east Nigeria and Democrative Congo the top humanitarian official of the United Nations has warned.

In a letter to members of Security Council, the official, Mark 2

Lowcock, said the risk of famines in these areas has been intensified by natural disasters, economic shocks and public health crisis, all compounded by COVID-19 pandemic" togehter, he said, "These factors are endangering the lives of million of men, women and children". The letter, which has not made public, was conveyed by Lowcock's office of Security Council on Friday under its 2018 resolution requiring updates when the risk of conflict-induced famine and widespread food insecurity" occurs.

UN officials have said before that all four areas are vulnerable to acute food deprivation because of chronic armed conflicts and the inability of humanitarian relief In April, David Beasley, the executive director of the World

providers to freely distribute aid.

Food Programme, the anit-hunger arm of the UN, warned

the security council that while the world was contending

with the Corona virus Pandemic, "We are also on the brink

of a hunger pandemic". Lowcock, who is the the UN's under secretary for humanitarian affairs, effectively escalated the warning. saying a lack of funding for emergency relief and the complications created by the Corona virus scourge have now pushed some of the world's neediest polupations closer to

famine conditions.

A. Tick the right answer :

i) Lives of the millions of people are
-
a) in peaceful state
b) at stake
c) at home
d) in happy state

ii) UN official alerted -
a) up coming feminism
b) ensuing famine
c) enhanced farming
d) threat of Corona

iii) COVID-19 in these four areas has -
a) caused famine
b) increased malnutition
c) intensified food crisis
d) caused health crisis

iv) The letter that was sent to Security Council was -

a) preserved
c) kept secret
b) forwarded
d) made public

B. Answer the following questions:

i) What are the causes of active food deprivation in these
four areas?

ii) What was the warning of Lowcock?

iii) Name the areas that are at crisis of food ? ​

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