{
  "id": 3450344,
  "title": "Chinese envoy calls for cessation of hostilities to ensure food production",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/chinese-envoy-calls-for-cessation-of-hostilities-to-ensure-food",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T06:45:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/chinese-envoy-calls-for-cessation-of-hostilities-to-ensure-food-production/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Chinese envoy recently urged an end to hostilities to safeguard food production during an open Security Council debate. Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the UN, emphasized that conflicts displace people, destroy farmland, and disrupt food production, exacerbating humanitarian crises and hunger. He stressed that the Security Council must prioritize political solutions to conflicts, engage in mediation, encourage dialogue, and push for a ceasefire to restore agricultural production. Fu reminded the international community that respecting international humanitarian law is crucial, and hunger should never be weaponized. He urged parties to conflict to protect agricultural infrastructure, avoid disrupting agricultural activities, and ensure the unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid. Fu acknowledged the interconnectedness of food production and supply with global economic conditions, particularly international logistics and transportation. He welcomed the UN's initiative to establish a time-bound mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz and supported a greater role for the UN in maintaining open and transparent market policies. Fu stressed that food security is a global issue requiring coordinated action from all countries and called for effective representation of emerging market economies and developing nations in international food-related organizations. As the world's largest grain producer, China feeds over 1.4 billion people with less than 9% of the world's arable land. China has achieved basic self-sufficiency in grain supply and food security, contributing to global food security and poverty reduction. Fu expressed China's commitment to international cooperation, global hunger eradication, and world peace, security, development, and prosperity.",
  "summary": "A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called for greater efforts to end hostilities and create a secure environment for food production. Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, made the remarks at a Security Council open debate on the council’s role in mitigating global and local food crises. “Raging conflicts displace people, destroy farmland […] The post Chinese envoy calls for…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}