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.
GENEVA, NEW YORK, ROME, 12 January 2023 - United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis.
KAMPALA ¨C The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have welcomed a contribution of US$4.7 million from Norway to jointly implement programmes which increase climate resilience and improve food and nutrition security for 8,000 families in the Teso sub-region of eastern Uganda.
KINSHASA ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a EUR 2.5 million contribution from the Government of France to help stem malnutrition amongst hundreds of children under two years old in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Addis Ababa, 21 November 2022 - The European Union (EU), through its partnership with UNICEF and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), has granted €33 million (1.8 billion Ethiopian Birr) to restore education services and implement school feeding programmes so children living in conflict-affected areas in Ethiopia can get back to learning.
PANAMA ¨C In the wake of the three devastating hurricanes Fiona, Ian and Julia that gathered strength in the Atlantic Ocean in September and October causing heavy rain, flooding and mudslides, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is providing emergency food to 800,000 people affected in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as logistical and technical support to governments and partners. Ahead of the hurricane season, Â鶹ÊÓƵ prepositioned food, equipment and staff across the region.
This is a summary of what was said by Antonella D¡¯Aprile, Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Country Director in Mozambique ¨C to whom quoted text may be attributed ¨C at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
KABUL / LONDON ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of GBP25 million (approximately US$28.8 million) from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, through its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The funds will go towards Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s emergency operations for 15 million Afghan people facing food insecurity this winter.
The proportion of people facing severe acute food insecurity is at the highest level ever, surpassing levels seen even during the conflicts in 2013 and 2016.
BEIRUT ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has continued to scale up its assistance in Lebanon as the country suffers from one of the worst economic crises in the world with more than half of the Lebanese population now in need of assistance to cover their food and other basic needs.
MOGADISHU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ is delivering life-saving food and nutrition assistance to record numbers of people in Somalia, with over 4 million people a month receiving urgent humanitarian support to prevent famine in the face of the region¡¯s worst drought in over 40 years.
DILI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes Ms. Cecilia Garzon as its new Country Representative in Timor-Leste. On 18 October, Ms. Garzon formally presented her credentials to the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, H.E. Juli?o da Silva, and reiterated Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s commitment to improving food security and ending all forms of malnutrition in Timor-Lestethe country, while helping to strengthening the country¡¯s capacities to respond to climate shocks.
DUSHANBE ¨C Representatives from Tajikistan state institutions, wheat flour mills and the private sector have completed a four-day study tour to Uzbekistan to learn about the implementation of Uzbekistan¡¯s wheat flour fortification regulatory framework. The visit was organised by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Government of Tajikistan.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director General Qu Dongyu, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, World Bank Group (WBG) President David Malpass, Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Executive Director David Beasley and World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala issued the following second joint statement calling for urgent action to address the global food security crisis.
PHNOM PENH ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the School Health Department of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), is launching an innovative social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) campaign to improve the diets of primary school children in Cambodia.
JERUSALEM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Palestinian Ministry of Education (MoE) and implementing partner Juzoor, have concluded the first nutritional health-focused summer activity for around 80 schoolgirls in two schools in the West Bank and in Gaza.
Bamako - The Government of Japan has provided an additional US$2 million (nearly XOF 1.3 billion) contribution to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to help respond to the unprecedented food and nutrition needs in Mali.
JUBA- The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes two contributions totalling around US$9 million, announced by the Government of Japan at a ceremony last week; a timely contribution as hunger deepens in South Sudan with more than 7.74 million people severely food insecure, including around 1.3 million children and 683,000 pregnant and lactating women who are expected to be malnourished this year.
Banjul ¨C The Government of The Gambia and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), today, launched the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GASFp) aiming to reinforce food security and nutrition, and increase incomes of 170,000 vulnerable people including farmers, food processors, community members and school children.
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.
DUSHANBE ¨C Representatives from the Government of Tajikistan, wheat flour mills and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today held a roundtable meeting in Guliston town, Sughd Region, to discuss the implementation of the national fortification law and hear from various stakeholders in wheat flour fortification in the country.
BOUNNEUA, LAO PDR ¨C The Ministry of Health, provincial authorities, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and UNICEF have today launched a project supported by the Republic of France, focusing on improving the nutrition status of children under five in Lao PDR¡¯s northernmost province of Phongsaly.
PHNOM PENH ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is organizing a two-day technical training this week on rice fortification to support the development of in-country fortification capacity - in partnership with Green Trade and the Cambodia Rice Federation.
Khartoum ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Sudan has received a donation of EUR 2.5 million from the Government of Italy through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) to support emergency nutrition activities in Sudan.
N¡¯DJAMENA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) receives a contribution of US$5 million from the Government of Japan to provide food and nutrition assistance to crisis-affected people in Chad.
