Condemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security and famine.

starvation of civilians;

intentional and reckless destruction, removal, looting, or rendering useless objects necessary for food production and distribution, such as farmland, markets, mills, food processing and storage facilities, foodstuffs, crops, livestock, agricultural assets, waterways, water systems, drinking water facilities and supplies, and irrigation networks;

denial of humanitarian access and the deprivation of objects indispensable to people’s survival, such as food supplies and nutrition resources; and

willful interruption of market systems for populations in need, including through the prevention of travel and manipulation of currency exchange; and

prioritize diplomatic efforts to call out and address instances where hunger and intentional deprivation of food is being utilized as a weapon of war, including through efforts to ensure that security operations minimize civilian harm and do not undermine livelihoods of civilian populations;

continue efforts to address severe global food insecurity through effective humanitarian response efforts, including through the provision of United States in-kind food assistance, vouchers, and other flexible food aid modalities;

ensure existing interagency strategies, crisis response efforts, and ongoing programs consider, integrate, and adapt to conflict situations, including by utilizing crisis modifiers in United States Agency for International Development programming to respond to rapid shocks and stress such as the willful targeting of food systems; and

ensure that the use of hunger as a weapon of war is considered within the employment of tools to hold individuals, governments, militias, or entities responsible, such as the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656), where appropriate, and taking into consideration the need for humanitarian exemptions and the protection of lifesaving assistance.