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India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, told a UN Security Council high level open debate titled Food Under Fire on 25 August 2026 that the international community must work collectively to safeguard critical sea lanes, since secure and predictable maritime trade routes are indispensable for the uninterrupted movement of food, fertilisers and fuel. He said the Security Council's immediate priority should be to mitigate the humanitarian consequences of conflict, including facilitating safe and unimpeded humanitarian access and ensuring that sanctions regimes do not inadvertently impede humanitarian assistance or legitimate food and agricultural trade. He added that disruptions to commercial shipping during conflicts can have cascading effects far beyond the immediate region, disproportionately affecting food importing developing countries and humanitarian operations.