ROME - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Executive Director, Cindy McCain, who is also the current Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) principals Champion on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEAH), has convened a new advisory group to strengthen and customize support for victims and survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse.
Kabul ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a €15 million (US$15.8 million) contribution from the European Union (EU) for its activities in Afghanistan. This latest contribution will help local communities prepare for natural hazards and face the devastating effects of climate change, and support farmers for more productive and sustainable agriculture. So far this year, more than 160,000 people were affected by flooding alone, destroying nearly 20,000 homes, and thousands of hectares of agricultural land.
WINDHOEK - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) officially launched a Commodity Voucher Programme at Okauva Village, Ohangwena region, following a generous contribution of US$500,000 (N$9 million) from the Government of Japan.
BISSAU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Japan have signed a new agreement to provide school meals to 200,000 children in 850 schools for the next two academic years.
With support from FCDO, Irish Aid and USAID-BHA, three UN agencies launch joint efforts for research and action to reach millions of children and women through evidence-based initiatives for the early prevention, detection and management of wasting.
KIGALI?¨C A delegation of the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Executive Board wrapped up a visit to Rwanda where they saw how the UN food agency - the world¡¯s largest humanitarian organisation - is supporting refugees and asylum seekers, and contributing to the Government's development objectives?through capacity building and programmes that promote sustainable and climate-resilient food systems.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling-up its operations in Haiti to meet escalating food needs in the face of a hunger crisis driven primarily by violence and displacement.
RIYADH - At the 16th UN Conference of the Parties (COP16), held from December 2 to 13, 2024, in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) will spotlight solutions that enhance community resilience in the face of increasing land desertification that impacts food security and communities.
Islamabad - With the support of the European Union (EU), the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has successfully implemented a project with a Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Surge approach in Tharparkar district, Sindh province. This approach aimed to strengthen the government¡¯s health systems to better manage acute malnutrition surges, especially during high-demand periods, without relying on external resources or overburdening the existing health services.
WINDHOEK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$120 000 contribution from the Government of Brazil to support integrated community-based food systems programmes in Namibia.
GAZA / JERUSALEM - The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) mourns the tragic loss of two young girls and one woman, who died when crowds of people overwhelmed a Â鶹ÊÓƵ-supported bakery in Deir Al Balah. This incident unfolded in a moment of desperation as people anxiously tried to get access to scarce food supplies in Gaza.
ANTANANARIVO - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warmly welcomes a contribution from the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China through the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) to support 43,600 people in southern Madagascar with nutritious meals from December 2024 to March 2025.
BANGKOK¨C At an official signing ceremony held today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Royal Thai Government confirmed its contribution of 1 million baht each to the United Nations Children¡¯s Fund (UNICEF), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ). The contributions will support each agency¡¯s work to provide much needed assistance to refugees and forcibly displaced populations.
ANTANANARIVO ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warmly welcomes an in-kind contribution of 10,000 metric tons of rice and a US$ 1 million cash contribution from the Republic of Korea (ROK), enabling Â鶹ÊÓƵ to enhance the lean season emergency food response to 548,000 vulnerable people, in the south and southeast of Madagascar, from October 2024 to April 2025.
APIA, SAMOA - The Samoa Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) jointly held a workshop today to mark the launch of a Cost of the Diet analysis in Samoa. The initiative aims to identify nutrient gaps and enhance decision-making to improve access to healthy, nutritious diets for the Samoan population, with a focus on the most vulnerable.
NUKU'ALOFA, TONGA ¨C The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) yesterday hosted a joint workshop on disaster risk financing aimed at providing guidance on planning and implementing strategic interventions to ensure effective disbursement and utilization of insurance policy payouts. This came following the recent renewal of Tonga¡¯s insurance policy providing protection against the financial impacts of tropical cyclones.
BEIRUT ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has delivered emergency assistance to over half a million people in Lebanon since the escalation of the conflict began. The agency is drawing on contingency planning that included pre-positioning food supplies inside the country. Â鶹ÊÓƵ continues scaling up with the goal of reaching one million people. There are teams on the ground working around the clock to deliver urgent food assistance to affected communities across Lebanon.
LUSAKA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has expanded the distribution of food and commodity vouchers to 21,800 drought-affected people in the southern districts of Gwembe, Siavonga and Sinazongwe following a US$1 million contribution from the Republic of Korea.
Hunger is nearing levels that were last seen during the global food crisis sparked by the pandemic.
ROME ¡ªThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has launched its 2025 Global Outlook, calling for US$16.9 billion to address global food needs and the alarming gap between needs and resources.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Adaptation Fund, has today commenced the distribution of MK 2.2 billion (approximately US$1.3 million) in insurance payouts to over 36,000 farming households in Malawi. These payouts aim to support farmers whose crops suffered damage due to climate-induced shocks during the 2023/2024 growing season.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ trucks arrive in famine-hit Zamzam camp in North Darfur; Over 700 trucks on the road to locations across Sudan
PORT SUDAN ¨C The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced a surge in its operations across Sudan, part of a scale-up effort to reach millions of people in the country¡¯s most needy and isolated conflict areas.
BRAZZAVILLE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a US$4 million contribution from the United States to provide emergency food aid to 52,000 people and resume the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in the Republic of Congo.
HARARE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of US$ 5.1 million from the Government of Japan to support 37,000 climate-affected smallholder farmers across five districts in Zimbabwe.
Kinshasa ¨C There are 25.6 million people who continue to face crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report. Armed violence, continued conflict and soaring food prices are driving acute food insecurity affecting displaced people and returnees.
ROME ¨C Multiple storms battering coastlines in the Caribbean and the Philippines serve as a reminder of the urgent need for decisive climate action to support communities facing the brunt of extreme weather, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today. This call to action comes as the world reflects on the outcomes of the soon-to-conclude UN Climate Change Conference, COP29.
