Press Conference: New report on the global impact of the war in Ukraine on food, energy and finance systems. With UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Rebeca Grynspan (UNCTAD)

UN Secretary-General António Guterres presents the first detailed policy brief issued by the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance (GRCG) he set up to study the effects of the war in Ukraine on the world's most vulnerable, with Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed and Rebeca Grynspan of UNCTAD.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:50:08
• Production Date: 13 April 2022
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: CLIMATE CHANGE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - COVID 19; DEBT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY; FINANCE; FOOD; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; HUNGER; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MALNUTRITION; REFUGEES; WAR
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 2728689
• Parent Id: 2728689

Description

Speaking at the launch of the brief, Mr. Guterres pointed out that, whilst most attention is focused on the effects of the war on Ukrainians, it is also having a global impact, in a world that was already witnessing increased poverty, hunger and social unrest.nbsp;
"We are now facing a perfect storm that threatens to devastate the economies of developing countries", said the UN chief.