I suspect you will find this series helpful and useful. These episodes will be released daily the week of September 19th, and the best way to make sure that you stay on top of events at UNGA 77 is to subscribe to the podcast using your favorite podcast listening app. The podcast has teamed up with the United Nations Foundation for a series of episodes that will bring you key news and analysis from the United Nations General Assembly and assorted events around New York City during high level week.
One quick programing note: if you are listening to this contemporaneously, then stay tuned next week, the week of September 19th, for daily coverage of the United Nations General Assembly. Needless to say, I don’t think this crisis is getting the attention it deserves and I was grateful to have the opportunity to speak with Tjada McKenna about the unfolding situation in Somalia. In 2011, the last time a famine was declared in Somalia, about a quarter of a million people died, and now, once again, famine is looming in Somalia. So, by the time a famine is declared, people are already dying in massive numbers from starvation. Rather, it is a quantitative threshold pegged to mortality rates from starvation. Goldberg: I emphasize this in the conversation, but it’s worth repeating upfront that famine is not just a descriptive term for when people lack food. Tjada D’Oyen McKenna: More than one family that I spoke to told me that they considered it a good day if they were able to have one meal of rice that day. Transcript of “Global Dispatches” with Mark Goldberg and Tjada D’Oyen McKenna
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Listen to the full episode of Global Dispatches here. From how the war in Ukraine and COVID have exacerbated the situation to how humanitarian agencies can meet urgent needs while also providing long-term support, Tjada speaks on some of the challenges that have led to this current crisis and the opportunities to act now. Tjada shares insights from her recent trip to Baidoa, where she heard from families living in camps for displaced people who fled their homes after losing everything. Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna recently spoke with Mark Goldberg on the Global Dispatches podcast to discuss the crisis in Somalia. In regions prone to drought, we are seeing how the countries that have done the least to contribute to climate change are the most severely impacted by it, with countries like Somalia facing potential famine. The Horn of Africa, and Somalia in particular, will have a fifth consecutive season of insufficient to no rain and forecasts for the upcoming season show no relief in sight. More than a million people have been displaced in Somalia-forced to leave their homes in search of water and food.
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