UN Warns That Russia's, Failure to Uphold Grain Deal Will , Impact Already Desperate Nations.<br />UN Warns That Russia's, Failure to Uphold Grain Deal Will , Impact Already Desperate Nations.<br />On July 24, the United Nations Secretary General urged <br />Russia to resume an internationally-brokered deal to allow <br />grain shipments to move through Ukraine's Black Sea ports.<br />On July 24, the United Nations Secretary General urged <br />Russia to resume an internationally-brokered deal to allow <br />grain shipments to move through Ukraine's Black Sea ports.<br />ABC reports that Secretary General Antonio Guterres <br />warned that failing to uphold the deal would have the <br />most impact on the world's most vulnerable communities.<br />ABC reports that Secretary General Antonio Guterres <br />warned that failing to uphold the deal would have the <br />most impact on the world's most vulnerable communities.<br />The call to uphold the deal came during <br />Guterres' opening speech at a three-day <br />summit regarding the world's food systems.<br />Guterres stressed that both Russia and Ukraine are , "essential to global food security.".<br />According to Guterres, the two nations have historically <br />accounted for 30% of the world's total wheat and <br />barley exports and over half of all sunflower oil.<br />According to Guterres, the two nations have historically <br />accounted for 30% of the world's total wheat and <br />barley exports and over half of all sunflower oil.<br />For my part, I remain committed to <br />facilitating unimpeded access to global <br />markets for food products and fertilizer <br />from both Ukraine and the Russian <br />Federation and to deliver the food <br />security every person deserves, Antonio Guterres, United Nations <br />Secretary General, via ABC.<br />For my part, I remain committed to <br />facilitating unimpeded access to global <br />markets for food products and fertilizer <br />from both Ukraine and the Russian <br />Federation and to deliver the food <br />security every person deserves, Antonio Guterres, United Nations <br />Secretary General, via ABC.<br />I call on the Russian Federation <br />to return to the implementation <br />of the Black Sea Initiative, <br />in line with my latest proposal, Antonio Guterres, United Nations <br />Secretary General, via ABC.<br />I call on the Russian Federation <br />to return to the implementation <br />of the Black Sea Initiative, <br />in line with my latest proposal, Antonio Guterres, United Nations <br />Secretary General, via ABC.<br />ABC reports that the deal collapsed earlier in <br />July after Russia refused to renew the accord.<br />The deal had been negotiated by the U.N. and Turkey <br />as a means to maintain grain shipments to developing <br />countries amid Russia's war against Ukraine.<br />The deal had been negotiated by the U.N. and Turkey <br />as a means to maintain grain shipments to developing <br />countries amid Russia's war against Ukraine.<br />Initially, the deal allowed 725,000 metric tons <br />of humanitarian food aid to reach desperate <br />nations like Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Yemen.
