9 July 2026, Islamabad, Pakistan ¨C Pakistan¡¯s Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), together with the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the United Nations Children¡¯s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced a three-year extension of the Benazir Nashonuma Programme to protect an additional 3.3 million children and women from malnutrition across Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the announcement of Pakistan¡¯s first Anticipatory Action Strategy, marking a major milestone in the country¡¯s efforts to strengthen disaster risk management and reduce the impact of climate-related hazards on vulnerable communities. Anticipatory action helps safeguard lives, livelihoods and critical assets by using risk forecasts to trigger early funding and action before hazards strike. This approach marks a shift from responding to disasters to acting ahead of them to reduce their impact.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of US$2 million from the Government of Japan to support vulnerable communities affected by disasters across Pakistan.
This is a transcript of what was said by Corinne Fleischer, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Director of Supply Chain (speaking from Rome via Zoom) ¨C to whom quoted text may be attributed ¨C at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The briefing highlighted the severe impact that conflict in the Middle East is having on Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Supply Chain operations as food deliveries to life saving operations around the world face long delays and increased costs. In the most significant disruption to humanitarian supply chains since Covid or the start of the war in Ukraine, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is warning that today¡¯s supply chain challenges are tomorrow¡¯s hunger crisis.
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.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN ¨C A three-day learning event on nutrition-sensitive social protection opens today in Islamabad, convened under the Global Task Force on Social Protection for Nutrition. The event is co-hosted by the Governments of Pakistan and Timor-Leste, with the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) serving as Secretariat of the Global Task Force and facilitating collaboration among governments and partners.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), together with the Government of Pakistan and the Green Climate Fund, launched the Integrated Climate Risk Management for Strengthened Resilience to Climate project today through an inception workshop in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN ¨C The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) jointly convened a high-level, two-day national consultation in Islamabad to advance coordinated efforts to implement school meal programmes across provinces.
Islamabad - With the support of the European Union (EU), the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has successfully implemented a project with a Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Surge approach in Tharparkar district, Sindh province. This approach aimed to strengthen the government¡¯s health systems to better manage acute malnutrition surges, especially during high-demand periods, without relying on external resources or overburdening the existing health services.
ISLAMABAD- The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Pakistan marked the extension of their partnership under the Benazir Nashonuma Programme (BNP) at a ceremony held at the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) headquarters in Islamabad.
Islamabad: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has completed its 'Enhanced Food and Nutrition Security for Vulnerable People in Flood-affected Areas of Pakistan' project, funded by the European Commission¡¯s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI). For eighteen months, Â鶹ÊÓƵ supported the most vulnerable households in Pakistan¡¯s worst flood-hit districts to facilitate early recovery, rehabilitation, and stabilisation.
Islamabad - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a US$ 9.8 million climate risk management initiative aimed at strengthening resilience to extreme climate in flood-prone districts in Pakistan¡¯s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, to be implemented by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in collaboration with the Government of Pakistan.
Islamabad, Pakistan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) supported over 180,000 vulnerable flood-affected people through multipurpose cash interventions in seven districts of the Sindh province in 2023. This critical support was made possible through a EUR 3 million contribution from the European Union¡¯s Humanitarian Aid Operations department.
KABUL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of US$3.8 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support Afghans forced to leave Pakistan and return to Afghanistan. The funding will allow Â鶹ÊÓƵ to provide cash assistance to nearly 33,000 families or more than 230,000 children, women and men, including persons with disabilities returning to Afghanistan at a time when already one third of the people are going hungry.
Quetta, Balochistan ¨C Â鶹ÊÓƵ Pakistan strengthened its partnership with the Government of Balochistan to roll out programmes in line with its 2023-2027 five-year Country Strategic Plan (CSP). The agreement was signed by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Pakistan¡¯s Country Director and Representative Chris Kaye, and Hafiz Abdul Basit, Additional Chief Secretary of the Planning and Development Department, Government of Balochistan, during a ceremony held in Quetta.
ISLAMABAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR 3.5 million from the Government of France in support of the ongoing flood response in Pakistan, specifically targeting women and children facing life-threatening malnutrition.
ISLAMABAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of US$ 100,000 from the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines to Pakistan for its ongoing flood response to reach the most vulnerable flood-affected communities with relief, recovery and rehabilitation support. The Ambassador-designate of the Republic of the Philippines to Pakistan, Maria Agnes M. Cervantes, handed over the donation to Rathi Palakrishnan, Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Country Director a.i., during a ceremony held at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ office in Islamabad on 18 May.
ROME ¨C As world leaders gather at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is calling on the international community to invest in building the resilience of vulnerable communities living on the frontlines of the climate crisis in Pakistan and other climate hotspots.
ISLAMABAD ¨C Â鶹ÊÓƵ continues to expand its emergency operations to assist flood-hit Pakistani families four months since the flooding began in June 2022. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is ramping up life-saving food and nutrition assistance, alongside recovery and resilience-building support, and aims to reach 2.7 million people who are facing emergency levels food insecurity (IPC Phase 4) and urgently require humanitarian assistance. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is also boosting its logistics support to the Government and humanitarian partners.
ISLAMABAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling up its emergency response to reach 1.9 million people affected by this year¡¯s monsoon floods. Recovery and resilience support is now a top priority as families struggle to cope with the loss of homes, livestock and food, and the country grapples with colossal damage to infrastructure, agricultural land and crops.
ISLAMABAD ¨C With a record 33 million people affected by this year¡¯s heavy monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is stepping up its support to the Government¡¯s relief efforts. The floods are the deadliest in over a decade and more heavy rains are forecast.
KABUL/ISLAMABAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$ 8 million contribution from the Government of the Republic of Korea towards its emergency operations in Afghanistan, and an additional US$ 1 million for needs in Pakistan.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a timely and generous contribution of US$16.8 million from Saudi Arabia¡¯s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to assist Syrian refugees in Jordan and to support nutrition programmes for women and children in Pakistan.
Islamabad ¨C With the generous support from the European Union (EU), the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has completed the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Surge pilot project in district Umerkot in Sindh province.
PESHAWAR: The Elementary & Secondary Education Department (E&SED), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have launched an education support programme for adolescent girl students in Newly Merged Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The pilot project aims to provide income support to families of adolescent girls so that they are able to meet their food and nutrition needs during COVID-19 and continue their schooling.
