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 # From Gaza to Sudan, Conflict Is Driving a Rise in Hunger Worldwide

 

##### By Dylan Scott

 

 

 Feb 1, 2024 4:00 PM ET

  ![The war in Gaza is the latest example of the recent rise in global conflict creating humanitarian crises. / Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/6bwnvaoc.png "The war in Gaza is the latest example of the recent rise in global conflict creating humanitarian crises. / Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images") The war in Gaza is the latest example of the recent rise in global conflict creating humanitarian crises. / Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images 

 

[Originally published on Vox. ](https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/2/1/24055829/gaza-israel-conflict-hunger-famine-starvation-sudan)

In recent years, [some leading scholars of hunger and famine](https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/alex-de-waal-starvation-crimes/) have pushed to make it politically and morally untenable to use starvation as a tactic of war or repression. But international standards on hunger have been slow to take shape.

That project has made some progress. In 2018, the UN Security Council passed [Resolution 2417](https://press.un.org/en/2018/sc13354.doc.htm), in which the members for the first time uniformly condemned the starvation of civilians and the unlawful obstruction of the delivery of humanitarian aid as methods of warfare, and charged the UN’s leadership with carefully monitoring for the emergence of conflict-induced hunger.

“The resolution has not been a game changer, but it has raised the political profile of hunger,” said Michelle Brown, associate director of advocacy at Action Against Hunger.

[Click here to continue reading on Vox. ](https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/2/1/24055829/gaza-israel-conflict-hunger-famine-starvation-sudan)

**About Action Against Hunger**

[Action Against Hunger](https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/press-releases/100-days-of-conflict-in-gaza/) leads the global movement to end hunger. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 28 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. As a nonprofit that works across 55 countries, our 8,900 dedicated staff members partner with communities to address the root causes of hunger, including climate change, conflict, inequity, and emergencies. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good.

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