As famines of ‘biblical proportion’ loom, Security Council urged to ‘act fast 21 April 2020 https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1062272 While conflicts, extreme weather, desert locusts, economic shocks and now COVID-19, are likely to “push more people into acute food insecurity”, Mr. Qu saw a ray of hope, saying that “by closely monitoring the evolution of these shocks, we can rapidly intervene to mitigate their impacts”.