[Marxism] Surge in food prices could lead to increased unrest

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Surge in food prices could lead to increased unrest, warns senior UN aid  
official

7 April 2008 âThe head of the  United Nations World Food Programme (_WFP_ 
(http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2811) ) today  called on donors 
to 
respond to the agencyâs appeal for additional funds to  deliver lifesaving 
assistance, warning that the global surge in food prices  could lead to further 
tensions such as those witnessed recently in _Haiti_ 
(http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minustah/)  and other  countries.  
âWhat we see in Haiti is what weâre seeing in many of our operations around 
 
the world â rising prices that mean less food for the hungry. A new face of  
hunger is emerging: even where food is available on the shelves, there are now 
 more and more people who simply cannot afford it,â said WFP Executive 
Director  Josette Sheeran.  
Following the deaths of four people in two days of rioting last week over  
rising food prices, WFP has called on donors once again to urgently support its 
 
operations in Haiti, which has been particularly vulnerable to the spike in  
costs.  
So far the agency has only received 13 per cent â or $12.4 million â of the 
 
$96 million required to assist 1.7 million people in Haiti â the western  
hemisphereâs poorest country. As a result, it barely has enough to support  
operations throughout April.  
âRiots in Haiti underline the additional need for lifesaving food  assistance,
â Ms. Sheeran said. âAt this critical time, we need to stand with the  
people of Haiti and other countries hardest hit by rising food prices.â  
Last month, WFP announced it was seeking funding to close a $500 million gap  
caused by the global spike in food and fuel prices, which have increased by 
an  estimated 55 per cent since last June.  
In addition to Haiti, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Indonesia, Cote  dâ
Ivoire, Mauritania, Mozambique and Senegal have also experienced unrest in  
recent 
weeks related to soaring food and fuel prices.  







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