There is a great danger that the war in the Middle East and also in Ukraine will spread and lead the whole world into catastrophe. Wars, the Gaza war, the war in Ukraine, Sudan, Somalia and the other almost fifty military conflicts could not take place if arms companies from “civilized” industrialized countries did not supply weapons. Swiss banks also invest in arms companies and thus make a lot of money from all the wars. How much money do Swiss institutions invest in foreign arms companies? All that is known is that they invest around four billion US dollars in companies that manufacture atomic bombs.
According to figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, in the period 2019-23 the USA exported the most war material worldwide (42 percent), followed by France and Russia with 11% each, China 5.8%, Germany 5.6%, Italy 4.3%, and Great Britain 3.7%. With 0.5%, Switzerland ranks 15th with its war material exports.
A new UN report shows that 117 million people are currently on the run worldwide. Many of these women, men and children had to flee as a result of wars. The refugees are dependent on aid, but in many cases this is not available. The World Food Programme has far too few resources to provide for the people of the world affected by hunger and war.
Global military spending in 2023 is 67 times higher than the contributions the World Food Programme received from 2021 to 2024.
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Middle East diplomacy resists escalation of war
