Rome, Italy | Tuesday, 4 August ¨C CIMMYT, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center , and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), today signed a landmark global agreement to strengthen the world¡¯s ability to feed people in a crisis while building more resilient agricultural systems for the future.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced the appointment of Italian long-distance runner Nadia Battocletti as a Â鶹ÊÓƵ Goodwill Ambassador. Battocletti, an Olympic and World silver medalist, reigning 3,000m world indoor champion, and multiple European champion, will use her global platform to raise awareness of hunger and humanitarian crises worldwide, and to engage young people in the fight against hunger.
FAO, IFAD and Â鶹ÊÓƵ bring together high-level representatives and farmers¡¯ organizations for the annual joint event in Rome
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today marked International Women¡¯s Day with a joint event dedicated to strengthening women farmers¡¯ access to justice, rights and opportunities.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ marks 25 years of humanitarian innovation at UNHRD Brindisi; partners work to strengthen Global Safety Net to improve aid response coordination.
ROME ¨C Italian actor and singer, Serena Rossi was appointed Sunday as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), a Rome-based agency that works on the frontlines of hunger in 87 countries providing food assistance to people affected by conflict, climate change, and natural disasters.
LILONGWE, Malawi ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of €4 million from the Government of Italy to expand the Home-Grown School Feeding programme and support climate-smart agriculture and sustainable school meals by connecting schools with local farmers in Malawi¡¯s Chikwawa District.
PORT SUDAN/NAIROBI¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Sudan welcomes a contribution of EUR6.55 million from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). This vital funding will enable Â鶹ÊÓƵ to provide specialized nutritious foods and cash-based nutrition assistance to nearly 200,000 young children and pregnant or nursing women in Gedaref and Kassala states.
BAGHDAD ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a generous contribution from the Italian Government, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), to help Iraqi communities strengthen their resilience to climate change while creating economic opportunities, especially for women.
TUNIS¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the European Union and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), announces the launch of Salla Salla, a family-focused series that premiered on January 20 on the Tunisian National TV Channel Al Watania 1 and 2. This unique initiative exemplifies Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s commitment to strengthening national capacity and empowering communities through innovative approaches like Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC).
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ welcomes the latest efforts by the G7, to put food security and nutrition in conflict and in fragile settings at the centre of its development agenda.
BEIRUT ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a generous contribution of €1.5 million from the Italian Cooperation to support the school meals programme in Lebanon that provides nutritious meals and snacks for over 100,000 boys and girls in 185 public schools across the country.
ALGIERS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a €1 million contribution from the Government of Italy that will help provide daily school meals for children attending schools and nurseries in Tindouf refugee camps.
Khartoum ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Sudan has received a donation of EUR 2.5 million from the Government of Italy through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) to support emergency nutrition activities in Sudan.
BEIRUT ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) received a generous €1 million contribution from the Italian Cooperation in support of its school meals program. As schools remain closed in Lebanon, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is providing monthly assistance in the form of food parcels for nearly 133,000 vulnerable people.
YANGON, MYANMAR ¨C The Yangon Region Government, Italy and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today marked the contribution of 1 million EURO from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) in support of the COVID-19 response, with a ceremony at Aung Myint Moh treatment center in South Dagon Township, Yangon Region.
Rome ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is honoured to accept the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize on December 10 at 1 p.m. (CET), in a ceremony that recognizes our role in fighting hunger and fostering peace in conflict-affected areas.
BEIRUT ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is radically expanding its support to a key Lebanese social assistance programme, with the goal of helping 270,000 people get through the triple shock caused by economic crisis, the COVID-19 lockdown and the blasts at Beirut port.
BAGHDAD ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes two generous contributions from the Governments of Belgium and Italy of €1 million each (US$1.1 million) to assist internally displaced people (IDPs) and Syrian refugees in Iraq.
ROME - Friends and Colleagues - I want you to be among the first to know that in the past few hours I have received confirmation, after testing, that I have the COVID-19 virus.? I began feeling unwell this past weekend after returning to my home in the United States from an official visit to Canada and I took an early decision to go into self-quarantine, five days ago.
ALGIERS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of €500,000 (US$ 570,000) from the Government of Italy to provide life-saving assistance for Western Saharan refugees in Algeria.
LUSAKA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a €500,000 (US$ 610,000) contribution from the Italian Government to provide food to people affected by the drought in Zambia.
Rome/Turin - Italian footballer Gianluigi Buffon, has today been appointed Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the Rome-based agency that provides food assistance to over 90 million people affected by conflicts and natural disasters.
