Ambassador Hossam Zaki, Assistant Secretary -General of the League of Arab States, announced that the high -level Arab conference will be organized on facing drought and enhancing food security and raising the ability to adapt to climate change in Somalia on December 6 under the auspices of the Arab League and the United Nations in order to coordinate the efforts of Arab and international organizations to confront The risk of starvation in Somalia after the number of people affected by drought reached about 7.
8 million people.
Ambassador Hossam Zaki said – in a press conference today, Tuesday – that Somalia is facing a severe drought crisis that is the worst to hit the country for several decades, as there is a scarcity of rain for 5 years that led to the fact that about 7. 8 million people, or half of the Somali people live in a drought crisis, are one Manifestations of climate changes.
He explained that the crisis led to the displacement of a million people looking for any food resources, and the Arab League cannot stand idle in front of this situation.
He stated that the Secretary -General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, made contacts with the Somali President, the Somali Foreign Minister, and many Somali officials, as they had demands to stand beside them in this catastrophe, which has no nearby exit under the current circumstances.
He said that the Secretary -General made letters to the Secretary -General of the United Nations, the Director of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization “FAO” and the executive director of the World Food Program, where he suggested that the university host this Arab UN conference to coordinate work plans between local, regional and international organizations that work in Somalia to facing the situation there, to prevent duplication In humanitarian work and raising Arab and international awareness of this crisis.
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