How food security can be jeopardized was illustrated by the Zaire refugee crisis. While a million Rwandan refugees were starving, UN agencies had stocks of food available to feed them.
जहाँ एक ओर रुवाण्डा के दस लाख शरणार्थी भूखे मर रहे थे, वहीं दूसरी ओर उन्हें खिलाने के लिए संयुक्‍त राष्ट्र एजंसियों के पास ढेरों भोजन उपलब्ध था ।