International community must work collectively to safeguard critical sea lanes: India tells UNSC

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India's Permanent Representative to the UN emphasized the need for the international community to collectively safeguard critical sea lanes. The statement highlighted the severe humanitarian consequences of armed conflict, especially food insecurity and the wider ripple effects beyond conflict zones.

“Food insecurity remains one of the gravest humanitarian consequences of armed conflict. Today’s conflicts increasingly generate ripple effects far beyond the immediate theatre of hostilities,” says India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador