ADEN/ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today that food insecurity is steeply increasing in Government of Yemen areas, as escalating conflict forces families from their homes, disrupts markets and restricts humanitarian access. Here are the latest updates on food security and Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s response to the escalation.
DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti ¨C The Government of Djibouti today assumed management of a strategic Humanitarian Logistics Base previously run by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), marking a major step in national efforts to strengthen food security, emergency preparedness and regional supply chains.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a timely contribution of US$58 million from the Government of Japan. This contribution will enable Â鶹ÊÓƵ to support vulnerable populations affected by conflict, climate change, and economic crisis in 28 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
DJIBOUTI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a donation of 60 metric tons of dates from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to benefit some 35,340 vulnerable food insecure people and refugees in Djibouti.
NAIROBI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of DKK 28.4 million (USD 4.3 million) from the Government of Denmark for Scaling Up Anticipatory Action for Food Security to reduce the effects of climate shocks in the Horn of Africa. This is in addition to the DKK 15 million (USD 2.2 million) given by the Government of Denmark in 2019, to establish systems for financing that is allocated in advance of a climate disaster. This financing enables implementation of pre-agreed anticipatory actions, to reduce the impacts of predictable climate hazards before they materialize.
NAIROBI ¨C The dire socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic may more than double the number of hungry people in East Africa and the Horn over the next three months, a report from the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has found.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$7.5 million from the Government of Japan to help support vulnerable people in three East African countries hit by locust swarms feeding off crops.
Joint statement by QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Mark Lowcock, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; and David Beasley, Executive Director of the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
