![]() For millions and millions of people on earth.įailure to prevent famine in our day will destroy so many lives and cause the fall of much we hold dear. But my tragic duty today is to tell you: famine is at humanity’s doorstep. Waking up in this wealthy, modern, technologically advanced world, it’s hard to imagine us going through a famine like that. Now, did the famine cause the fall? Or did the fall cause the famine? I think the answer is yes - both. ![]() Now students of history associate something else with that ancient date: the beginning of the Fall of the Roman Empire. Waking up this morning in this beautiful city of Rome, it is hard to imagine that in about 400 AD this city experienced a massive famine, it ended up killing almost 90% of its population. Transcript as delivered of the speech given by UN World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley during today’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance ceremony.
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