UN to Join International Efforts to Restore the World's Wheat Supply
UN to Join , International Efforts , to Restore the World's Wheat Supply.
'The Independent' reports that the United Nations
will join international efforts to distribute the
world's wheat supply currently stuck in Ukraine.
'The Independent' reports that the United Nations
will join international efforts to distribute the
world's wheat supply currently stuck in Ukraine.
On May 18, U.N. Secretary General
Antonio Guterres is expected to announce talks
aimed at releasing over 20 million tons of wheat. .
On May 18, U.N. Secretary General
Antonio Guterres is expected to announce talks
aimed at releasing over 20 million tons of wheat. .
The United States, the European Union,
Russia and Ukraine will reportedly
take part in the vitally important talks.
The United States, the European Union,
Russia and Ukraine will reportedly
take part in the vitally important talks.
Ukraine is the world's sixth-largest wheat exporter. .
Prior to Russia's invasion,
Ukraine would export 4.5 million tons
of agricultural produce every month.
Prior to Russia's invasion,
Ukraine would export 4.5 million tons
of agricultural produce every month.
Those shipments
have all but ceased
since the war began.
Both the U.S. and the EU
have blamed rising food prices
on Russia's Black Sea blockade.
According to the EU, about 90% of Ukraine's
grain and oil exports were shipped
through its ports before the war.
A spokesman for the U.S. state department stressed that governments around the world needed to put pressure on Russia to end the blockade and ensure global food security.
A spokesman for the U.S. state department stressed that governments around the world needed to put pressure on Russia to end the blockade and ensure global food security.
Their blockade of ports not allowing food and
wheat to leave Ukraine, their efforts to keep
farmers from planting their farms, their
attacks on food silos - all of this has
contributed to an already dire situation, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador
to the U.N., via 'The Independent'
'The Independent' reports that the United Nations
will join international efforts to distribute the
world's wheat supply currently stuck in Ukraine.
'The Independent' reports that the United Nations
will join international efforts to distribute the
world's wheat supply currently stuck in Ukraine.
On May 18, U.N. Secretary General
Antonio Guterres is expected to announce talks
aimed at releasing over 20 million tons of wheat. .
On May 18, U.N. Secretary General
Antonio Guterres is expected to announce talks
aimed at releasing over 20 million tons of wheat. .
The United States, the European Union,
Russia and Ukraine will reportedly
take part in the vitally important talks.
The United States, the European Union,
Russia and Ukraine will reportedly
take part in the vitally important talks.
Ukraine is the world's sixth-largest wheat exporter. .
Prior to Russia's invasion,
Ukraine would export 4.5 million tons
of agricultural produce every month.
Prior to Russia's invasion,
Ukraine would export 4.5 million tons
of agricultural produce every month.
Those shipments
have all but ceased
since the war began.
Both the U.S. and the EU
have blamed rising food prices
on Russia's Black Sea blockade.
According to the EU, about 90% of Ukraine's
grain and oil exports were shipped
through its ports before the war.
A spokesman for the U.S. state department stressed that governments around the world needed to put pressure on Russia to end the blockade and ensure global food security.
A spokesman for the U.S. state department stressed that governments around the world needed to put pressure on Russia to end the blockade and ensure global food security.
Their blockade of ports not allowing food and
wheat to leave Ukraine, their efforts to keep
farmers from planting their farms, their
attacks on food silos - all of this has
contributed to an already dire situation, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador
to the U.N., via 'The Independent'