Ahmadinejad Blames West’s Injustice for Poverty, Hunger in World
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the unjust policies adopted by the western countries responsible for the spread of poverty and hunger in the world.
“The lack of justice has created such disasters in the world,” Ahmadinejad said on Monday, adding that based on the statistical figures released by international organizations, 3 billion from the world’s 7-billion-strong population live in poverty and 1.2 billion are afflicted with hunger.
He reiterated that the poor and hunger-stricken countries like Somalia possess rich resources and wealth, and said, “The reason for poverty in these regions is that a number of western arrogant powers have dominated them and are looting them.”
The UN has declared famine in five areas in Southern Somalia, warning that, without urgent intervention, the food crisis could engulf the entire Southern areas.
More than 29,000 children under the age of five have died of hunger over the past three months in Southern Somalia, Nancy Lindborg, assistant administrator of the US Agency for International Development, said last week.
More than 1.5 million Somalis have been internally displaced by a tug of war among the armed factions in the North African country, which has been without an effective central government since the overthrow of the country’s former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
