MOGADISHU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) expresses its sincere appreciation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its generous USD 4.5 million contribution through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief). This support enabled Â鶹ÊÓƵ to provide nutrition assistance to more than 180,000 children and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in Somalia, helping to prevent malnutrition.
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.
DHAKA ¨C The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), has donated 667 metric tonnes of dates to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to support Rohingya refugee children living in Bangladesh.
JUBA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has reached more than 6,000 vulnerable mothers and children in flood-affected Bentiu, Unity State, with lifesaving nutrition assistance, thanks to generous funding from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief).
MOGADISHU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of 138 metric tons of nutritious dates from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) that will be included in the emergency food baskets provided to the most vulnerable people in Somalia.
RIYADH ¨C As 343 million people around the globe face acute hunger, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) have renewed their commitment to boost humanitarian aid and relief efforts globally ¨C bolstering the longstanding alliance between the UN agency and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to bring hope and alleviate food insecurity around the world.
JEDDAH ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a US$25 million contribution from Saudi Arabia through KSrelief to support its life-saving operations in Yemen over the next year.
JORDAN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) accompanied a delegation from the Jordan branch of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) during a visit to the Zaatari refugee camp.
NEW YORK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to boost nutrition support for the treatment and prevention of malnutrition among thousands of mothers and young children in Somalia.
KABUL ¨C Over the past nine months, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Afghanistan supported more than 260,000 vulnerable people or 37,000 families with emergency food assistance thanks to a contribution of US$3.2 million from the Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund (AHTF) managed by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), and funded by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) of Saudi Arabia.
SANAA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Yemen has received a new $4.85 million grant from Saudi Arabia through KSrelief to address moderate acute malnutrition among children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women.
KYIV/RIYADH ¨C The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) contributed $10 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to support Ukrainians affected by the war with daily hot meals in 1,200 institutions across the country.
KABUL ¨C In the past half year, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) was able to provide life-saving food aid to nearly 230,000 hungry people thanks to a grant of US$3.2 million from the Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund (AHTF) managed by its Trustee, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).
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.
Jordan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a timely contribution of US$6 million from Saudi Arabia¡¯s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to provide food assistance to Syrian refugee families living in camps in Jordan.
DAR ES SALAAM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a contribution of 36 metric tons of nutritious dates worth USD 88,437 from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) to support refugees living in north-west Tanzania.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a $60 million contribution from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to help meet the urgent food needs of the most vulnerable in famine-risk Yemen.
ALGIERS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a contribution of 350 metric tons of dates from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia worth US$725,000 which will help support Sahrawi refugees living in camps in Algeria.
Rome ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a US$240 million contribution from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to support the food needs of vulnerable people in Yemen
