NEW YORK: United Nations food chief David Beasley called on the world's billionaires on Thursday (Sep 17) to step up to help save about 30 million people he said are at risk of dying if they don't receive help from the World Food Programme.

Globally about 270 million people were headed toward the brink of starvation and WFP hopes to reach 138 million people this year, Beasley told the UN Security Council