David Beasley: “I therefore urge the members of this body to take decisive action to prevent a rapidly worsening global food crisis.”

I do not look to the United States to solve these problems alone, but I do ask that you show the humanitarian leadership the U.S. is renowned for.

Senator, before Ukraine, I was already declaring to the world we were facing the worst humanitarian crisis for the year 2022 that we have ever seen since World War II.

if you don't have food security, you are not going to have any other security.

If we are able to feed 200 million people, that means that we can actually cut hunger in Africa by 80 percent.