World Food Programme chief briefs G7 foreign ministers at Paris, with acute hunger above 266 million people

11 November 2026

The Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Luke J. Lindberg, briefed the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven at their meeting in Paris. He was the only outside participant invited to brief the ministers, at the invitation of France, which holds the G7 Presidency. He set out his priorities, including an end to the use of food as a weapon, an end to attacks on humanitarian workers and an end to famine, and told ministers that conflict is the leading driver of food insecurity. He said supply chain efficiencies at the agency produced 200 million dollars in verified savings in a year, which let it reach an additional 1.2 million people each month, and that more than 266 million people worldwide face acute hunger. Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Haiti and Palestine were named as pilot operations.