The Cyprus Government supports efforts to reintegrate Ukraine's agricultural production into world markets, for the benefit of the producing country and the populations most at risk, Cyprus' Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Andreas Hadjichrysanthou, said in an intervention on Thursday at the Security Council's open debate on "Maintenance of International Peace and Security - Conflict and Food Security".
According to a statement carried by the Press and Information Office, Mr. Hadjichrysanthou welcomed the establishment and activities of the Global Crisis Response Team on Food, Energy and Financial Crises, whose work could be used to mitigate the current crisis and draw lessons for the development of a draft comprehensive strategy to prevent and respond to similar situations.
He expressed the support of the Government of Cyprus to the global call for collective action for food security, based on solidarity and the prevalence of humanitarianism in international cooperation. Hadjichrysanthou recalled that in Resolution 2417 of 2018, the Security Council condemned the use of food deprivation as a weapon of war, reflecting the relevant obligation of States under International Humanitarian Law.
On the crisis in Ukraine, he stressed that the Security Council is called upon to act to end the crisis and to ensure that its humanitarian impact on other conflicts does not worsen and that the resulting food insecurity does not trigger new conflicts or unrest.
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