SHARM EL-SHEIKH ¨C?The United Nation¡¯s Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the World Bank signed an agreement today to scale up disaster risk protection financed by Germany and the United Kingdom for vulnerable communities and nations faced with catastrophic climate extremes like storms and drought. As world leaders confront the global climate crisis at the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), this initiative underscores the importance of investment in climate action to protect vulnerable communities when disasters strike.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH ¨C The Partnership for Central America (PCA), the World Bank (WB), and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) launched today the ¡°Disaster Risk Insurance and Finance in Central America Consortium¡± (DRIFCA) to identify and support climate-related agricultural insurance solutions for up to 2 million smallholder farmers in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to increase their food security and financial resilience. The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided support for regional feasibility studies to be undertaken by the World Bank.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a total US$ 4.1 million contribution from the Government of Iceland and the Government of Norway to support thousands of people facing severe hunger at the peak of the lean season in Malawi.
KYIV ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and its local partners have started distributing food assistance to 100,000 people in and around Kherson city in areas that had not been reached since March despite multiple attempts from Â鶹ÊÓƵ and other humanitarian agencies to secure access.
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.
ROME - The world needs concerted efforts to urgently address the global fertilizer market crunch in which farmers, especially smallholder farmers from the developing world, are priced out of production due to the high cost of inputs. We cannot allow global fertilizer accessibility problems to become a global food shortage. Reconnecting fertilizer markets is critical.
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BENGHAZI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Libya has welcomed a contribution of 9,000,000 CZK (approx. US$ 355,000) from the Czech Republic to support the rehabilitation of the Food and Drug Control Centre (FDCC) laboratory in Benghazi. Through this project, Â鶹ÊÓƵ aims to provide the centre with advanced equipment and technical training to improve its capacity.
KABUL ¨C A vital contribution of €50 million (US $49.7 million) from the European Union, made through its Department for International Partnerships (INTPA), is helping the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) reach Afghan communities with livelihoods and resilience support.
CAIRO ¨C Arab film star Hend Sabry lent her voice to a United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) campaign highlighting the impact of the climate crisis on the most vulnerable communities in the Middle East and North Africa as world leaders convene in Egypt¡¯s Sharm El Sheikh that hosts the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27).
KABUL / LONDON ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of GBP25 million (approximately US$28.8 million) from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, through its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The funds will go towards Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s emergency operations for 15 million Afghan people facing food insecurity this winter.
ROME ¨C As world leaders gather at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is calling on the international community to invest in building the resilience of vulnerable communities living on the frontlines of the climate crisis in Pakistan and other climate hotspots.
YAOUND? ¨C At the end of a week-long visit to Cameroon, Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan - Senior Special Adviser to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) on Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition - noted that enhanced and collective actions are urgently needed to eliminate the barriers to gender equality and to make Cameroon a more equitable place for girls and boys, women and men.
The proportion of people facing severe acute food insecurity is at the highest level ever, surpassing levels seen even during the conflicts in 2013 and 2016.
DAR ES SALAAM ¨C The Government and the people of the Republic of Korea have contributed US$ 6 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to boost smallholder farming and enhance food and nutrition security among refugees and hosting communities in Kigoma for the next four years.
Bishkek ¨C The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in the Kyrgyz Republic will receive US$1 million from the Government of Japan to support thousands affected by the recent Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes.
PHNOM PENH ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Nutrition Improvement Department of the Ministry of Planning and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), is undertaking a socio-economic impact analysis on the introduction of fortified rice among the general population in Cambodia.
ROME/GENEVA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) - in partnership with Translators Without Borders (TWB) ¨C today launched PSEA at the Frontline, a global campaign to further empower frontline humanitarian workers and partners in the fight against sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). Through a comprehensive package of communication and outreach materials in 22 languages, the campaign is designed to equip those who work closely with communities around the world with knowledge and awareness to recognize, report, and ultimately help prevent SEA from occurring against people receiving assistance or seeking protection.
ROME ¨C As world leaders gather at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt next month, Â鶹ÊÓƵ highlights the urgent need for climate adaptation solutions to stem the tide of growing hunger. The unfolding global food crisis cannot be stopped until we support communities and nations to manage the risks associated with a changing climate.
KATHMANDU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in support of the Government of Nepal¡¯s emergency response, has dispatched cash assistance to communities at perilous risk ahead of monsoon flooding in Western Nepal, helping to soften the blow of the climate-related disaster.
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.
HARARE ¨C The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has today contributed US$36.7 million on behalf of the American people to help the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) provide food assistance at the peak of the lean season between October and March next year.
Phnom Penh, 16 October 2022 ¨C The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) are marking World Food Day on 17 October this year by calling for greater investment in the transformation of food systems to ensure food and nutrition security and to cope with shocks and crises.
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.
