Global food crisis: Famine in Somalia 'on the horizon', ONE Campaign warns

Asked about the COP27 climate conference that will take place in November in Egypt, Smith admitted that "there could be tension" between developing and developed countries over climate financing. "What I do think we might see at COP is a more unified voice from developing countries in terms of them holding their ground on the expectation that these resources be delivered," she added.

Finally, reflecting on the Covid-19 pandemic, she said that "history will show and people will look back at how vaccines were allocated in a global pandemic and the inequity that was evident".

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