Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at a Joint Ministerial Meeting on the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty

As Prepared for Delivery I would like to start by thanking Brazil, including President Lula and Ministers Haddad, Dias, and Vieira, for hosting this Ministerial today to endorse the establishment of a Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty. Last September, I underscored how the global challenges of climate change, pandemics, and fragility and conflict all exacerbate and are exacerbated by hunger and poverty. The State of Food Security and Nutrition report released just this morning makes clear that these global challenges continue to put pressure on our hard-won gains toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals to eradicate poverty and hunger. And these challenges weigh most heavily on the poorest countries and most vulnerable people, threatening their lives, livelihoods, and well-being.