UN: Hormuz blockade could threaten at least 45 million people with food shortages
A senior UN official said the humanitarian crisis could be avoided if several fertilizer-carrying ships are allowed through the strait each day.
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A blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could threaten at least 45 million people with food shortages, according to a United Nations official cited by Russian state news agency TASS.
Jorge Moreira da Silva, Under-Secretary-General and Director of the UN Office for Project Services, stressed that a broader humanitarian crisis could still be avoided if a limited number of ships were permitted to pass through the strait carrying fertilizer supplies.
According to the report, Moreira da Silva said that allowing at least five to seven fertilizer-carrying vessels through the strait each day would be sufficient to prevent the worst outcomes of a prolonged disruption to shipping through the waterway.
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's most important shipping corridors, and any sustained restriction on vessel traffic there has significant implications for global supply chains, including the fertilizer shipments needed to support agricultural production in many countries.
The UN official's comments highlight concerns that disruptions to the strait would not only affect energy markets, which depend heavily on the route for oil exports, but could also have a cascading effect on food security in import-dependent regions if fertilizer supplies were interrupted for an extended period.
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