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War-fueled food inflation will cause social unrest, UN official says
https://wsvn.com/ ^ | MAY 16, 2022 | cnn via wsvn

Posted on 05/16/2022 8:25:21 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

A perfect storm of war, extreme weather and Covid-19 will drive global food prices to levels that will cause social unrest in some parts of the world, according to David Beasley, head of the United Nations World Food Programme.

“If people can’t feed their children and their families, then the politics unsettles,” Beasley told CNN during a conference on Thursday.

Hit by high prices and supply disruptions, Beasley said the UN has been forced to ration food supplies to millions of people around the world.

Often, that means diverting food away from hungry children to feed starving children.

“If we’re not there with a safety net program, then the political extremists or whatever the case may be, will exploit that,” Beasley said during the SABEW Conference in New York. “Next thing you know, you’ve got riots, famine, destabilization and then mass migration by necessity.”

Food prices are the main problem this year, but Beasley fears next year there will be a food availability crisis, for a variety of reasons including the war in Ukraine.

“In 2023, you’re going to have a food shortage problem,” Beasley said

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: scam; un


1 posted on 05/16/2022 8:25:21 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19
Works for the depopulationist watermelons.

GREEN on the outside
BUT RED on the inside!

2 posted on 05/16/2022 8:30:01 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: RomanSoldier19
War-fueled food inflation will cause social unrest, UN official Captain Obvious says

3 posted on 05/16/2022 8:31:04 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti-Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: RomanSoldier19

That’s the plan, no doubt.


4 posted on 05/16/2022 8:34:04 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith… )
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To: RomanSoldier19
Taliban Claims 130,000-Strong Army as Afghans Face Starvation
5 posted on 05/16/2022 8:34:52 PM PDT by blam
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To: RomanSoldier19

While everything deteriorates, all we get is threats and warnings from these Communist/leftist/globalist.


6 posted on 05/16/2022 8:35:11 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: RomanSoldier19

UN causing this UNrest....on purpose.


7 posted on 05/16/2022 8:37:06 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: dragnet2

The world now has $250 trillion in global debt and growing. More importantly, relative debt has also increased. Global debt as a percentage of GDP climbed from just over 280% to nearly

320% over the past decade:

Global Debt: An Overview of Where Debt Exists in the World
www.lynalden.com/global-debt/


8 posted on 05/16/2022 8:39:47 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit; )
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To: RomanSoldier19

Sri Lanka agrees!


9 posted on 05/16/2022 8:44:15 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: RomanSoldier19

“Next thing you know, you’ve got riots, famine, destabilization and then mass migration by necessity.”

Oh, Reeeaaalllyy????


10 posted on 05/16/2022 9:04:46 PM PDT by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.s )
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To: RomanSoldier19

“A perfect storm of war, extreme weather and Covid-19 will drive global food prices to levels that will cause social unrest.”

No. The totalitarian response to these things will cause social unrest. Kinda like what happens when they steal elections.


11 posted on 05/16/2022 10:29:20 PM PDT by unlearner (Si vis pacem, para bellum. Let him who desires peace prepare for war.)
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“Next thing you know, you’ve got riots, famine, destabilization and then mass migration by necessity.”

and the UN LOVES resettling those "refugees" as do US NGOs.

12 posted on 05/17/2022 4:25:49 AM PDT by Pollard (Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
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To: Pollard

and with the US going back to Somalia, Minnesota is going to get crowded.


13 posted on 05/17/2022 4:29:05 AM PDT by Pollard (Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
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To: RomanSoldier19

The world is a basket case without a basket.


14 posted on 05/17/2022 8:03:19 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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