Humanitarian food security shipping corridor needed to Ukraine

It would be of massive assistance to global political security, save lives at risk of death by hunger, and help control food inflation.

A maritime corridor under the flag of the United Nations should be deployed before bombs or rot destroy this vital grain, write Ted Bilyea and John Gruetzner.Unsplash photograph by Dan Loran

Opinion

BY TED BILYEA AND JOHN GRUETZNER

May 5, 2022

The United Nations should create a humanitarian food security maritime corridor to Odesa and Mykolaiv in Ukraine to help ship the estimated 30 million tonnes of grain it says are stuck in the country. It would be of massive assistance to global political security, save lives at risk of death by hung...

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