BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA ¨C The Pacific Community (SPC) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) this week brought together logistics and warehouse officers from six Pacific national disaster management offices (NDMOs) for the first Humanitarian Warehouse Exchange under the Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP), strengthening the skills needed to move relief supplies quickly when disasters strike.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a timely contribution of USD 500,000 from the Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to deliver, urgent lifesaving cash assistance to families devastated by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka.
Aden, 22 June 2025 ¨C The food security situation in the Government-controlled areas of southern Yemen is dire, with nearly half of the population acutely food insecure and struggling to find their next meal. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), and UNICEF have warned that the food insecurity crisis is likely to worsen in the months ahead.
CONAKRY, Guinea - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$4 million contribution from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to develop a rice value chain, enabling communities to access nutritious food, become self-sufficient and resilient to weather-related shocks in Guinea.
(New York/ Rome, 28 February 2025) Concluding a joint visit to Mozambique today, senior United Nations humanitarian officials are appealing for urgent global action to address a trio of crises ¨C conflict, climate shocks, and a deteriorating socio-economic situation ¨C confronting the country.
KYIV, Ukraine ¡ª?As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, an estimated five million Ukrainians are facing food insecurity, with the greatest needs concentrated in areas near the frontlines. According to data collected by the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), millions of people are resorting to coping mechanisms, sacrificing their own meals so their children can eat. Others are going into debt to buy sufficient food supplies to feed their families.
DHAKA ¨C With generous funding over the past two years ¨C totalling EUR 24 million ¨C the European Union (EU) has supported the Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s lifesaving and life-changing efforts in Bangladesh, helping the organisation strengthen its critical support to both Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi communities grappling with food insecurity.
SUVA, FIJI ¨C A Â鶹ÊÓƵ-chartered flight landed in Vanuatu¡¯s capital Port Vila on Saturday bringing humanitarian personnel and much needed telecoms equipment and medical supplies to support the island state following a devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake earlier this week.
MANILA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a PHP 30 million (US$500,000) contribution from the Republic of Korea (ROK). These funds will provide critical cash assistance to people affected by severe tropical storm Kristine and other typhoons that have recently struck the Philippines.
MANILA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Executive Director Cindy McCain today called for strengthened partnerships in Asia and the Pacific, to increase climate resilience and financing for smallholder communities vulnerable to food insecurity. She was speaking at the Asian Development Bank¡¯s (ADB) Asia and the Pacific Food Security Forum in the Philippines.
DHAKA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is gearing up to restore its critical food assistance for the entire Rohingya population in Cox¡¯s Bazar. Starting 1 January 2024, Â鶹ÊÓƵ will increase the value of its monthly food voucher from US$8 to US$10 per person.
DHAKA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomes a new contribution of US$87 million from the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance of the United States Agency for International Development. This timely funding will significantly bolster Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s efforts in providing lifesaving food and nutrition assistance to the Rohingya refugees in Cox¡¯s Bazar and on Bhasan Char Island, where nearly 1 million people are facing daily hardships, without an immediate prospect of a safe return to Myanmar. Thanks to the unwavering support of the United States and the rest of the donor community, Â鶹ÊÓƵ will increase its food assistance from US$8 to US$10 and add fortified rice to the food basket in Cox's Bazar in January 2024.
PORT VILA: In the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Lola, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), with the support of USAID¡¯s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, is working with Vanuatu¡¯s National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) to enhance humanitarian response and logistics coordination. This joint effort aims to ensure that people affected by the cyclone receive timely and essential assistance.
Suva, Fiji ¨C The Executive Director of United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Cindy McCain, has called for enhanced disaster preparedness and the need to strengthen partnerships to address the growing threat of climate and how it impacts food and nutrition security during a visit to Pacific Island of Fiji.
SUVA: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ)-operated Pacific Humanitarian Air Service transported 15 metric tonnes of critical relief assistance to Port Vila, bolstering the government-led response in Vanuatu after twin cyclones and earthquakes ravaged the country.
24/01/2023, Bangkok ¨C Asia¡¯s cities are growing at such a fast pace that nearly 55 percent of the region¡¯s enormous population is expected to reside in urban areas by 2030, and that will have equally enormous consequences for urban food security and nutrition, according to the main findings of a new report by four United Nations agencies.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ has welcomed a contribution of around US$130 million from the Government of Japan to support vulnerable people in 37 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa amid the deepening global hunger crisis.
VIENTIANE ¨C The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Mr. Yung Soo Jung today handed over a rice donation to Lao PDR¡¯s Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Madame Baykham Khatthiya, at the Ministry¡¯s and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warehouse in Vientiane.
APIA: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in partnership with Samoa¡¯s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the University of South Pacific conducted a two-day workshop on critical market assessments that will enable data driven decision-making for disaster response policies in Samoa.
SUVA/TARAWA 8 July 2022 ¨C A flight carrying life-saving emergency supplies touched down in Kiribati yesterday, strengthening the critical on-going response to the devastating drought in the country. The Pacific Humanitarian Air Service (PHAS), operated by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), transported the supplies on behalf of UNICEF.
Suva/Apia ¨C A planeload of medical equipment and supplies touched down in Apia on Monday to bolster Samoa¡¯s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The goods were provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Ministry of Health of Samoa and transported by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) through its Pacific Humanitarian Air Service, with funding support from the European Union (EU).
SUVA, Fiji: As supply chains remain disrupted across the Pacific region impacting the movement of critical supplies, on 25 March the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) - on behalf of WHO, UNFPA, UNDP, UN in Pacific and the Government of New Zealand - transported over 5000 kg of COVID-19 medical cargo, including oxygen concentrators and other vital supplies to Vanuatu.
SUVA, Fiji: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and The University of the South Pacific (USP) have joined forces to strengthen local market monitoring capacities in Fiji and Samoa.
SUVA, Fiji ¨C On 26 April, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) flew vital medical supplies to Kiribati via the Pacific Humanitarian Air Service, which Â鶹ÊÓƵ manages on behalf of the humanitarian community. This air delivery demonstrates Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s continued support to the COVID-19 response in the region.
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA¨C The Pacific humanitarian air service launched a flight today, delivering 6.5 tonnes of essential medical cargo and moving humanitarian personnel to support the COVID-19 response in Fiji, Kiribati and Nauru.
