Based on data from 528 schools, 6,712 students, and 4,449 families, the assessment establishes a baseline that reveals significant challenges in children's school food environment, including low dietary diversity, unhealthy food choices, and limited opportunities for physical activity.
BEIRUT, Lebanon ¨C The Government of Lebanon and the UN, with generous funding from the European Union, launched today an intervention to assist conflict-affected farming households and protect agricultural livelihoods across the country. This support is part of a larger multi-year programme funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the announcement of an USD 800 million direct contribution to Â鶹ÊÓƵ by the U.S. State Department. This critical funding will support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s life-saving food and nutrition operations to reach more than 38 million of the most vulnerable across at least 37 countries.
BEIRUT, Lebanon ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is warning that nearly three months into the conflict, Lebanon faces a deepening humanitarian emergency with a critical combination of displacement and increased food insecurity. More than one million people remain displaced, while soaring prices, lost incomes and strained markets are pushing food further out of reach for vulnerable families.
BEIRUT, Lebanon ¨C The Government of Lebanon, through the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have activated an emergency cash assistance programme to conflict-affected families and are scaling up food assistance as mass displacement across the country grows.
BEIRUT, Lebanon ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the continued support of the Government of the Republic of Korea to vulnerable communities in Lebanon through school meals and in-kind food assistance.
Joint Statement attributable to UN Refugee Agency Director for the Middle East and North Africa Rema Jamous Imseis, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Samer Abdeljaber
Amman - Cairo ¨C At the conclusion of a mission to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, the Regional Directors of UNHCR, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and UNICEF pledged to strengthen their collaboration and joint responses in support of Syrians wishing to return home and those who continue to be hosted across the region.
CAIRO¨C In 2025, Germany reaffirmed its role as an indispensable partner of the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in the Middle East and North Africa. Amid mounting global challenges and increasing pressure on international aid budgets, Germany¡¯s steadfast support enabled Â鶹ÊÓƵ to deliver life-saving assistance to millions of people in a region marked by conflict, economic instability, and extreme weather events.
BEIRUT ¨C A ministerial delegation from Lebanon is participating in the Second School Meals Coalition Global Summit, hosted under the high patronage of the President of Brazil on 18¨C19 September 2025 that brings together leaders from member states, UN agencies, international financial institutions, NGOs, philanthropies, research organizations and other partners.
CAIRO, Egypt ¨C Children benefiting from national school meal programmes across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) increased by 22 percent in the past two years alone, despite conflict, economic downturn and the region¡¯s complex humanitarian landscape.
21 per cent of Lebanon¡¯s population faces acute food insecurity, projected to worsen by the summer.
BEIRUT ¨C Under the patronage and in the presence of Lebanese Minister of Agriculture Dr. Nizar Hani, and with the participation of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Representative and Country Director in Lebanon Mr. Matthew Hollingworth, Acting FAO Representative in Lebanon Ms. Veronica Quattrola and a number of experts and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Lebanon: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report for the period of April to October 2025 was launched at the Ministry¡¯s headquarters in Beirut.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today that 58 million people risk losing life-saving assistance in the agency¡¯s 28 most critical crisis response operations unless new funding is received urgently.
30 percent of population faces acute food insecurity as 2025 begins, malnutrition risk remains.
BEIRUT ¨C Nealy a third of Lebanon¡¯s population is facing acute food insecurity following the escalation of conflict in late 2024 and the impact of hostilities on agriculture and the economy mean recovery is likely to be slow, according to a new food security assessment.
CAIRO ¨C Germany provided a critical lifeline for millions across the Middle East and North Africa in 2024 contributing EUR 278.4 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to support its emergency humanitarian assistance and long-term development programmes in the region.
BEIRUT ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has delivered emergency assistance to over half a million people in Lebanon since the escalation of the conflict began. The agency is drawing on contingency planning that included pre-positioning food supplies inside the country. Â鶹ÊÓƵ continues scaling up with the goal of reaching one million people. There are teams on the ground working around the clock to deliver urgent food assistance to affected communities across Lebanon.
BEIRUT¡ª The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of US$2 million from the people and the Government of Japan to support conflict-affected families across Lebanon, including refugees, and help them meet their urgent food needs in this challenging time.
JERUSALEM ¨C The risk of famine will persist throughout Gaza this winter unless fighting stops and more humanitarian aid reaches families, according to a new food security assessment by experts from 16 UN agencies and NGOs. Twelve months of fighting have decimated livelihoods, drastically reduced food production and severely restricted both commercial and humanitarian supply lines, the report said.
DAMASCUS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau appealed today for international support to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Syria which is facing an influx of people fleeing the war in Lebanon. An estimated 260,000 people have crossed into Syria from Lebanon so far
Statement attributable to UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau
BEIRUT, 14 October 2024 ¨C ¡°During a three-day visit to Lebanon, we witnessed the devastation and sensed people¡¯s fear and confusion. For them, the future remains uncertain as long as their country is under fire. The war that the world wanted to avoid in Lebanon is now happening and has already triggered a catastrophe.
BEIRUT ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has launched an emergency operation to provide food assistance for up to one million people affected by the recent escalation of the conflict in Lebanon. The agency is distributing ready-to-eat food rations, bread, hot meals and food parcels to families in shelters across the country.
BEIRUT ¨C The Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) in Lebanon, with the support of the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), launched the first call centre in the country dedicated to serving people who rely on social assistance.
