YANGON, Myanmar ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has activated a free-to-user emergency cargo transport service to bolster the humanitarian response to severe flooding in Myanmar¡¯s Ayeyarwady Region. By making its logistics capacity available to all humanitarian partners, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is accelerating the delivery of life-saving relief to flood-impacted communities.
YANGON, Myanmar ¨C The Republic of Korea today announced an additional USD5 million in funding to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to support life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Myanmar. The contribution comes at a critical time, as Â鶹ÊÓƵ analysis warns that up to 5 million people could be pushed into acute food insecurity if the ongoing elevated food and fuel prices persist.
YANGON, Myanmar ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has launched an emergency response in Myanmar as monsoon floods threaten to push vulnerable communities deeper into hunger.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a USD 30 million contribution from the Republic of Korea (ROK) to launch the second phase of the ROK-Â鶹ÊÓƵ REACH initiative (Responding with Emergency Assistance for Conflict-affected Households), providing emergency food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable populations affected by conflict, displacement, and economic shocks.
YANGON ¨C As Myanmar marks one year since the devastating earthquake last March, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns that communities struggling to rebuild are now being hit by renewed hardship: the effects of the ongoing Middle East crisis on fuel, food, and fertilizer prices are pushing vulnerable families closer to hunger.
Yokohama - The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of US$67.3 million from the Government of Japan to provide assistance to vulnerable people affected by conflict, natural disasters, and economic crises in 27 countries across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
YANGON, Myanmar ¨C More than 12 million people in Myanmar will face acute hunger in 2026, with a projected one million people hitting emergency levels that will require lifesaving assistance, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today. Intensifying conflict and a sharp jump in displacement now risks pushing an underfunded hunger crisis to breaking point.
Conflict and violence are driving extreme hunger in six major crises
ROME ¨C A new joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns that acute food insecurity is deepening in 16 hunger hotspots, which threatens to drive millions more into famine or risk of famine.
YANGON ¨C The Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have launched the Responding with Emergency Assistance for Conflict-affected Household (REACH) ¨C a humanitarian initiative delivering emergency aid to conflict-hit families in Myanmar, where hunger is deepening amid ongoing violence, mass displacement, and the devastating March 2025 earthquake.
Sittwe, Myanmar ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is urgently calling for more humanitarian support in Rakhine State, where a deadly combination of conflict, blockades, and funding cuts is driving a dramatic rise in hunger and malnutrition.
YANGON, MYANMAR ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution from the People¡¯s Republic of China to deliver emergency food assistance to 320,000 people in communities devastated by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar in March this year.
MANDALAY ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a EUR 5 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to address the food security of communities devastated by the deadly earthquake in Myanmar.
MANDALAY, Myanmar ¨C Within 48 hours of the powerful earthquake that struck central Myanmar on Friday afternoon, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) began emergency food distributions to affected communities. Â鶹ÊÓƵ has so far reached over 24,000 earthquake survivors in four areas, Mandalay, Naypyitaw, Sagaing and Shan, and is scaling up efforts to assist 850,000 affected people.
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.
YANGON, Myanmar ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today warned that more than one million people in Myanmar will be cut off from Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s lifesaving food assistance starting in April due to critical funding shortfalls. These cuts come just as increased conflict, displacement and access restrictions are already sharply driving up food aid needs.
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.
YANGON ¨C Hunger has reached alarming levels in Myanmar with the situation set to worsen in 2025, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today. A staggering 15 million people are expected to face hunger in 2025, up from 13.3 million last year.
The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is aware of media reports indicating that Â鶹ÊÓƵ marked food bags which were allegedly found in a building previously used by border guard forces in Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar.
ROME ¨C As the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) responds to flood emergencies across the globe, the agency is calling for investment and concerted action to prepare vulnerable communities for more frequent extreme climate events that threaten to damage crops, displace communities and disrupt food systems.
BANGKOK ¨C In the wake of Typhoon Yagi¡¯s catastrophic impact on Southeast Asia, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is on the ground supporting countries most affected by the storm through food and cash assistance.
YANGON ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is gearing up to launch a rapid flood response this week in Myanmar to provide emergency food assistance to people in areas submerged by floods following the passage of Super Typhoon Yagi over the past few days. This response is a major scale-up in Â鶹ÊÓƵ flood relief efforts ongoing since July.
YANGON ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ last weekend began distributing relief food assistance for families affected by recent floods in Myanmar¡¯s Ayeyarwady Delta Region.
Yangon - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) strongly condemns the looting of food supplies and burning of its warehouse in Maungdaw in Myanmar¡¯s northern Rakhine State last Saturday.
ROME ¨C The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is rapidly deteriorating. Conflict is intensifying and humanitarian access is increasingly restricted, while funding is falling short. More than 2.7 million people are displaced and one in every four is at risk of acute food insecurity.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a grant of US$50 million from the Government of Japan at a time of unprecedented funding shortage. This contribution will enable Â鶹ÊÓƵ to assist vulnerable populations affected by conflict, extreme weather and economic crisis in 20 countries across mainly Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
