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The President of the United States Donald trump at the G20 summit pledged $ 639 million for humanitarian purposes. On Saturday, July 8, according to Reuters.
Of this amount, $ 331 million will be allocated for the purchase of food for residents of countries where at the moment there is mass starvation. Among them, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen.
Executive Director of the world food programme (WFP), the UN David Beasley called the promise trump’s “the gift of God.” “We are faced with the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second world war, explained Beasley — protege trump and former Governor of South Carolina. — According to our calculations, if we did not receive funding in the next few days, the next months would die from 400 to 600 thousand children.”
According to Beazley, the money promised by trump, will cover approximately one third of annual program expenditures on the fight against hunger. UN officials were intense negotiations with the US President, urging him not to reduce funding for programs, and trump eventually agreed but on the condition that other countries will also contribute an additional amount. Germany has already declared that are ready to provide in the fight against hunger another 200 million euros.
The world food programme (World Food Programme, WFP), the largest humanitarian organization in the world. It was founded in 1963 as body on food aid in the UN system. She was instructed to assist the poor in developing countries, fighting hunger and poverty. It uses food aid to promote economic and social development.