“We will spare no effort to increase global food and nutrition security and to protect the most vulnerable whom the food crisis threatens to hit the hardest”, the G7 leaders said in their communiqué adopted on Tuesday 28 June at Elmau Castle (Germany).
To begin with, they pledged “an additional $4.5 billion to protect the most vulnerable from hunger and malnutrition”.
This commitment is enshrined in a declaration specifically dedicated to global food security. The G7 leaders say they will invest to “increase the availability [of food] in a sustainable manner” and help these most vulnerable countries in particular to “increase their agricultural productivity”.
The encouragement of coordinated initiatives that promote global food security had already been highlighted in their statement on ‘unwavering support’ for Ukraine (see EUROPE 12980/14).
The Global Security Alliance, initiated by the G7, is one of them. The leaders call on all countries, civil society, international organisations and the private sector to join in.
We note that the EU is currently mobilising nearly €600 million to support the most affected partners in the ACP countries (see EUROPE 12976/15).
See the G7 statement: https://aeur.eu/f/2eb
And the final communiqué: https://aeur.eu/f/2dz (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)