 The United Nations Security Council meeting 2021 was held as a video teleconference and debate on the 19th of May with a focus on peace and security in Africa. The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, addressed the press as a build-up to the meeting. Osaree Gilboa reports. The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, says food security in Northern Nigeria would be a focus in the Security Council meeting. Greenfield told a digital press briefing ahead of the UN Security Council meeting entitled Peace and Security in Africa, addressing root causes of conflict while promoting post-pandemic recovery that South Sudan, Yemen and Northern Nigeria had been identified as highly food insecure because of insecurity. So this is a very high priority for us. We will be actively engaging in the discussions that will take place later in the year. As you have noted, South Sudan and Yemen particularly have been identified as being very highly food insecure because of insecurity. And we know that the situation in Northern Nigeria is one that we need to focus attention on. There are also other areas in the world where food insecurity is leading to conflict and conflict is leading to food insecurity. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield also spoke of efforts to assist in training Nigeria's security forces to be more effective while reducing cases of human rights abuse as well as the challenge of kidnappings in Nigerian schools that had become a problem even beyond the country. Another bad question, and it is an issue that we continue to work with the Nigerian government on. We have called the government out when we have seen violations being committed, but we also at the same time try to provide assistance and train and equip law enforcement and other professionals to address some of these issues and to address shortcomings that they may have. Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the United States was committed to partnering with Africa to bring hope.