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B. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said more than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, suffering widespread starvation and preventable deaths. The IPC classifies a famine as when 20% of households lack any food, 30% of children suffer acute malnutrition, and many people die every day from hunger and its complications.
D. Israel, Sudan, Russia, and the United States all signed a treaty creating the court but have since rejected its authority. Starvation has been used in warfare throughout history in nearly every country. Military sieges and blockades cut off food and other necessities to force enemy civilians and troops to surrender. Only recently has it been listed as a war crime by authorities such as the ICC.
A. Sub-Saharan African nations report the world’s highest malnutrition death rates, and 20% of Africans go hungry every day. Malnutrition is linked to nearly half of the worldwide deaths of children under age 5 and younger.
A. An estimated 15 million to 55 million people died during China’s Great Famine of 1959-1961. Mao Zedong’s Chinese Communist Party terribly mismanaged radical new agricultural policies and turned droughts and floods into the deadliest famine. It is also considered one of the greatest man-made disasters in human history.