Beasley, who recalls that the war in Ukraine threatens world food security, said he had seen promising signs from the super-rich like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

The UN summit built its message around exchanges between him and Tesla boss Elon Musk on social media last year. Then Musk said he would sell Tesla stock for $6 billion – 58 billion kroner at today’s exchange rates – and give the money to the UN food program if they could explain how the money could end world hunger.

[ Ukrainas førstedame ber WHO om hjelp til psykisk helse ]

– You have to line up

Since then, Musk has invested $6 billion in a foundation. Everyone thought the money was coming to us, but we haven’t seen the trick. But I’m still hopeful, Beasley told the Associated Press at the World Economic Forum in Davos. There are also some of the world’s most powerful and richest elites.

– I don’t know what to do. We’ve tried every opportunity, but the thing is, we need your help, Elon, Beasley continued.

Musk and Bezos have not responded to questions about commenting on Beasley’s proposal.

At the same time, the UN leader said he also wanted to reach out to billionaires besides Musk and Bezos, who are the world’s richest and second-richest people.

– The world is really in trouble. This is not rhetoric or p*** preaching. You have to line up now, because the world needs you, Beasley said.

[ Oxfam frykter krigen i Ukraina skal utløse hungersnød ]

Big exporter

Ukraine and Russia together account for a third of world wheat exports and half of sunflower oil exports. Russia is also a leading supplier of fertilizers. The war has caused unrest for food security in the world.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said there were close contacts with Russia and other leading countries, and he hoped it would be possible to secure exports of grain stored in Ukrainian port cities, and that Russian food and fertilizers would have free access to markets. world. .

If supplies in Ukraine become unavailable, the world could have a food supply problem in ten to twelve months, and that “would be hell on earth,” Beasley said.

[ Ukrainske bønder trosser krigen og dyrker jorda ]