ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ welcomes the latest efforts by the G7, to put food security and nutrition in conflict and in fragile settings at the centre of its development agenda.
ABUJA ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$ 1 million contribution by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to severely food-insecure people in northwest Nigeria.
HAVANA ¨C Mongolia has contributed US$ 1 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Cuba to support the food security and nutrition of pregnant women and vulnerable people registered for the Social Assistance programme in the provinces of Villa Clara and Cienfuegos.
Quetta, Balochistan ¨C Â鶹ÊÓƵ Pakistan strengthened its partnership with the Government of Balochistan to roll out programmes in line with its 2023-2027 five-year Country Strategic Plan (CSP). The agreement was signed by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Pakistan¡¯s Country Director and Representative Chris Kaye, and Hafiz Abdul Basit, Additional Chief Secretary of the Planning and Development Department, Government of Balochistan, during a ceremony held in Quetta.
DAKAR ¨C Acute food insecurity is on track to reach a 10-year high in West and Central Africa by June of this year - a new study shows - with a worrying expansion of food insecurity into coastal countries, and catastrophic levels of hunger hitting conflict-affected areas of Burkina Faso and Mali where humanitarian assistance is severely hindered by insecurity.
N'DJAMENA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today that Â鶹ÊÓƵ will be forced to make additional cuts to already dwindling food assistance to refugees in April and may face a complete suspension of assistance in May 2023 - without immediate and sustained funding.
Joint US/UN News Release/NIAMEY¨C The combined effects of conflict, climate shocks, and high food prices continues to drive hunger up and push basic meals out of the reach of millions in Niger, demanding immediate and collective action, United States Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome Cindy McCain told journalists at the end of their week-long, U.S.- sponsored field visit to Zinder, Dosso and Tillaberi regions.
TRIPOLI/LIBYA ¨C The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) ¨C in collaboration with the Tunisian Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Libya ¨C are conducting trainings for 30 Libyan youth as well as Libyan officials and NGO staff on a Japanese management improvement technique to promote economic recovery in Libya.
Guinea BISSAU ¨CThe Government of Guinea-Bissau and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have launched a new five-year Country Strategic Plan to achieve food security and improved nutrition.
WINDHOEK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is collaborating with Tololi Online (Pty) Ltd, an e-commerce platform to set up a virtual marketplace as part of efforts to improve market access and boost farmers¡¯ income in Namibia.
JUBA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling up support for people impacted by the third consecutive year of record floods that are battering South Sudan. The inundation is threatening to reverse gains made in food security as floodwaters swallow up large swaths of farmland and pastures, destroy crops, and drown precious livestock and entire villages.
ROME- Economic empowerment of rural women as farmers, entrepreneurs and leaders contributes towards alleviating poverty, increasing food security and achieving gender equality. These findings, based on an evaluation of a six-year multi-agency global initiative implemented in Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Nepal, Niger, and Rwanda, were shared at a high-level event in Rome earlier this week.
BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has launched new projects in Iraq to help provide thousands of people with short-term employment opportunities, so they can start working again during the COVID-19 pandemic and meet their family¡¯s food needs.
The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set out a new framework for collaboration in areas of food security, nutrition and innovative investment solutions.
CAIRO/BEIRUT ¨C On the occasion of UN Education Day, the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in the Arab States and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have said that protracted crises in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have put 15 million children out of school, undermining the development potential of countries in the region.
A report presented today jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) finds that that around 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared to 124 million in 2017
CAIRO ¨C The Executive Director of the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) David Beasley has ended a three-day visit to Egypt where he visited Â鶹ÊÓƵ operations in villages close to the county¡¯s historic town of Luxor in Upper Egypt.
