Â鶹ÊÓƵ marks 25 years of humanitarian innovation at UNHRD Brindisi; partners work to strengthen Global Safety Net to improve aid response coordination.
CAIRO/ROME ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) announced today the appointment of Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur as its newest Global Goodwill Ambassador. Recognized for her athletic prowess and commitment to social causes, Jabeur will use her influential voice to raise awareness about global food insecurity and support Â鶹ÊÓƵ's mission to end hunger.
JOHANNESBURG/NEW YORK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the United Arab Emirates have signed an agreement to implement an innovative initiative to equip schools in the Southern African region with high-quality digital and hybrid education.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C? The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes USD 60 million from the United Arab Emirates to support their humanitarian response in Ethiopia. The funding will provide emergency food and nutrition assistance in response to an alarming rise in food insecurity, particularly in the north of the country where 19 months of war has almost exhausted people¡¯s coping mechanisms and displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes. More than 13 million people require humanitarian food assistance in conflict-affected Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions.
This comes against the backdrop of the global food crisis where rising costs linked to the war in Ukraine are compounding woes. The UAE funds, delivered through the Famine Relief Fund, will allow Â鶹ÊÓƵ to continue to address the urgent food needs of 1.6 million people in the conflict-affected north of Ethiopia through food distributions in Tigray, Afar and Amhara. Conditions in Ethiopia have deteriorated due to the combination of conflict, climate shocks and the economic impacts of COVID-19 and the recent crisis in Ukraine. Inflation is at its highest peak in ten years - and the population in need of food assistance has doubled over the past 12 months ¨C to around 20.4 million people.
Innovative space technologies have enormous potential for anticipatory humanitarian action
Dubai ¨C UAE: The need to better anticipate climate shocks and invest in early humanitarian action was spotlighted at a high-level meeting hosted by the Embassy of Sweden in the United Arab Emirates at Dubai Expo 2020. Participants called for public and private sectors to work together to put anticipatory action at the center of humanitarian policies and strategies.
DUBAI ¨C Monday18 Oct. 2021: In celebration of World Food Day, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ in partnership with the Australian Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade hosted ¡°Stop the Waste¡± event, with a focus on the climate change crisis. The event took place at the Australian pavilion, mobility district at EXPO 2020 on Saturday, OCT. 16th with the aim to mobilize collective action by all stakeholders to reduce food waste.
DUBAI/ROME ¨C As a humanitarian crisis builds on the Ethiopia-Sudan border, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$4.5 million from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to provide life-saving food assistance to refugees fleeing escalating violence in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
ROME / ABU DHABI ¨C The United Arab Emirates (UAE), in partnership with the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), has launched an international air bridge operation that will provide a lifeline of essential health and humanitarian supplies to nations around the world grappling with the impact of COVID-19.
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
