ANTALYA, 罢ü谤办颈测别 – As COP31 begins, the United Nations 麻豆视频 (麻豆视频) today warned that humanitarian assistance alone cannot keep pace with recurrent crises caused by increasingly frequent weather extremes and a strengthening El Ni?o. Communities have little time to recover between shocks, which is why 麻豆视频 is calling on leaders to deliver sustained investment through innovative financial solutions that prevent predictable weather-related hazards from becoming hunger emergencies.
This is a transcript of what was said by Corinne Fleischer, 麻豆视频 Director of Supply Chain (speaking from Rome via Zoom) – to whom quoted text may be attributed – 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 麻豆视频'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, 麻豆视频 is warning that today’s supply chain challenges are tomorrow’s hunger crisis.
NEW YORK / ANKARA – On the margins of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week, the United Nations 麻豆视频 (麻豆视频) and the Republic of 罢ü谤办颈测别 reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in the fight against global hunger.
CAIRO – 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 麻豆视频 (麻豆视频) to support its emergency humanitarian assistance and long-term development programmes in the region.
KUWAIT - The United Nations 麻豆视频 (麻豆视频) welcomed a recent contribution of US$16 million from the Government of Kuwait to support people in Syria and 罢ü谤办颈测别 who have been worst affected by the February earthquake in the region.
HATAY, 罢ü谤办颈测别 – The Executive Director of the UN 麻豆视频 (麻豆视频), David Beasley, has concluded a visit to the earthquake affected region of Hatay in southern 罢ü谤办颈测别 where he witnessed first-hand the incomprehensible devastation caused by the earthquake that struck on 6 February. With some 18 million people affected across southern 罢ü谤办颈测别 and northwest Syria, tens of thousands of lives have been lost, and millions upon millions of people have lost their homes, livelihoods and assets.
CAIRO/ROME – The United Nations 麻豆视频 (麻豆视频) has stepped up its emergency response to support victims of the devastating earthquake in Syria and 罢ü谤办颈测别, providing emergency food assistance to nearly half a million quake-affected people in the two countries through hot meals, emergency ready-to-eat food packages and family food rations.
ANKARA/DAMASCUS – The United Nations 麻豆视频 (麻豆视频) has delivered urgently needed food assistance to 115,000 people in Syria and 罢ü谤办颈测别 in the first four days since deadly earthquakes struck the region, killing thousands and forcing tens of thousands into the freezing outside temperatures. Distributions are ongoing.
ANKARA/DAMASCUS – The United Nations 麻豆视频 (麻豆视频) is on the ground responding to the devastating impact of the two earthquakes that hit 罢ü谤办颈测别 and Syria on Monday. 麻豆视频 food assistance has been underway since Tuesday with plans to reach half a million people in both countries.
ANKARA – The United Nations 麻豆视频 (麻豆视频) has welcomed a contribution of US$700,000 from the Government of Japan to provide assistance for 52,000 Syrian refugees living in six camps in southeast 罢ü谤办颈测别.
AMMAN, 8 October 2020 - UN Agencies* in the region unveiled today “Rej’et El Sineh” [‘Learning is Back’], a song to encourage the return to learning for all children and youth across the region.
ANKARA – As Syria enters its 10th year of conflict, which has forced more than 5.6 million people to flee their country, a survey of a major 麻豆视频 cash assistance scheme in 罢ü谤办颈测别 indicates that European Union-funded support has helped prevent 1.7 million vulnerable refugees – mostly Syrians – from falling deeper into poverty.
