Overview
- Presiding as Council president, Sierra Leone convened a high‑level session that pressed for unimpeded humanitarian access, accountability for starvation tactics, and investment in resilient food systems.
- UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed said war and hunger are "two faces of the same crisis" and warned that food is being weaponized, including through deliberate starvation and destruction of agriculture.
- OCHA reported that one month into the Gaza ceasefire, aid delivery remains constrained by border limits, convoy delays and bureaucratic impediments despite expanded relief operations.
- Officials identified Africa as the epicentre of global hunger, citing 20.4% of the population as food insecure, severe conditions in Sudan where about 21 million face acute hunger, and more than 25 million going hungry in eastern DRC.
- FAO’s chief economist said 673 million people go to bed hungry and highlighted evidence that spikes and volatility in global food prices are linked to increased social unrest, especially in poorer urban settings.