This week I have an article on the History News Network about "sounding the alarm" on global hunger. One of the biggest threats unfolding right now is in Yemen where low funding for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is forcing ration cuts. People living in camps, displaced by the conflict in the North between the government and rebels, may lose their rations completely if new funding is not found.
This is a humanitarian disaster, but also one that threatens America's own national security. Late last year the Senate passed Resolution 341 "supporting peace, security, and innocent civilians affected by conflict in Yemen."
Senator Benjamin Cardin (MD), who introduced the resolution, stated, "The Senate has united to express our concern over the prospects of Yemen becoming a failed state. It’s urgent that the United States and international community use all appropriate measures to help the people of Yemen address the severe security threats and the humanitarian crisis in their country."
The U.S. military recently sent 150 million in aid to help Yemen fight the Al Qaida threat within its borders. However, the most powerful threat to the whole country is that of hunger.
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