Belarus speaks about sanctions, conflict in Ukraine, hunger threat at UN Security Council meeting
Belarus will continue to contribute to international food security and will do everything necessary for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, Counselor of the Permanent Mission of Belarus to the United Nations Igor Pilipenko said at the Conflict and Hunger — United Nations Security Council Arria-Formula meeting, BelTA has learned. The Belarusian diplomat noted that sometimes hunger can be caused by objective factors: climate change, natural disasters and epidemics.
However, sometimes hunger is the result of deliberate policy and political decisions. “The best example of the latter is unilateral coercive measures introduced in connection with conflicts.