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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the United Nations Sustainable Development Forum, New York, September 18, 2023 / AP
Half-a-billion people could go hungry in 2030. Data from the United Nations suggests world leaders will miss a crucial deadline linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They're aiming to eliminate hunger within the next seven years, but the UN says more than 600 million people may not have enough food on a consistent basis.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for urgent action at the General Assembly on Monday, saying "it is an indictment of every one of us that millions of people are starving."
The UN's own figures paint a disturbing picture. Nearly two-and-a-half billion people faced some form of food insecurity in 2022. This means they did not have access to sufficient nourishment at some point during that period. The number of people facing food insecurity has soared since 2019, growing by nearly 400 million.
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UN officials say governments can still make a difference, even if they miss the 2030 deadline. "We could lift 124 million additional people out of poverty and ensure that 113 million fewer people are malnourished," says General Assembly President Dennis Francis.
Leaders adopted a political declaration as they gathered for the General Assembly in New York this week. They pledged to do more to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and nearly 170 targets linked to them. Guterres says the declaration "can be a game-changer in accelerating SDG progress", but for many people facing chronic hunger, it may be too little, too late.
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