Conflict-related food insecurity- Security Council, 10045th meeting

Stop Using Starvation as War Weapon, Hold Perpetrators to Account, Speakers Urge Security Council, as Famine Grips Sudan, Gaza, Acute Hunger Surges Worldwide

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 03:02:03
• Production Date: 17 November 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: AMINA J. MOHAMMED; JULIUS MAADA BIO
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: ARMED CONFLICTS; INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; WAR; DESTABILIZATION; CONFLICT SITUATION; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD DISTRIBUTION; CIVIL WAR; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD SHORTAGE; HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES; FOOD AID
• MAMS Id: 3503026
• Parent Id: 3498415
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10045 CONFLICT FOOD 17 NOV 2025 AM PT 1

Description

Conflict is the main driver of hunger and starvation in conflict-affected countries. Armed conflicts disrupt food production and distribution, displace populations and destroy livelihoods. They also undermine coping mechanisms, including the distribution of humanitarian assistance, increasing community vulnerability to hunger and malnutrition. Conversely, food insecurity may increase tensions and violence in communities.

Letter dated 28 October 2025 from the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2025/688) The meeting will be a high-level open debate, presided over by the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, with the participation of all States Members of the United Nations. 

The briefers are: 

• Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group
• Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator African Union Special Envoy on Food Systems, Ibrahim Assane Mayaki
• A representative of civil society

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