NEW DELHI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Executive Director, David Beasley, concluded his visit to India on Monday, during which he held high-level discussions with the Government of India and visited the country¡¯s crucial safety net programmes that provide subsidized food to millions of people.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ has welcomed a contribution of around US$ 100 million from the Government of Japan to fight hunger and malnutrition amid the global food crisis. The emergency grant is roughly half of the US$200 million that Japan pledged at the recent G7 summit in Elmau, Germany.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C? The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes USD 60 million from the United Arab Emirates to support their humanitarian response in Ethiopia. The funding will provide emergency food and nutrition assistance in response to an alarming rise in food insecurity, particularly in the north of the country where 19 months of war has almost exhausted people¡¯s coping mechanisms and displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes. More than 13 million people require humanitarian food assistance in conflict-affected Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions.
This comes against the backdrop of the global food crisis where rising costs linked to the war in Ukraine are compounding woes. The UAE funds, delivered through the Famine Relief Fund, will allow Â鶹ÊÓƵ to continue to address the urgent food needs of 1.6 million people in the conflict-affected north of Ethiopia through food distributions in Tigray, Afar and Amhara. Conditions in Ethiopia have deteriorated due to the combination of conflict, climate shocks and the economic impacts of COVID-19 and the recent crisis in Ukraine. Inflation is at its highest peak in ten years - and the population in need of food assistance has doubled over the past 12 months ¨C to around 20.4 million people.
YEREVAN¨C In response to the increasing numbers of food insecure people in the southern regions of Armenia, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has opened a new office in Kapan city to help with its expanding operations in the Syunik region. Â鶹ÊÓƵ will support communities relying on agriculture as a source of employment by helping with irrigation systems and efforts to build sustainable, climate-sensitive food systems.
ANTANANARIVO - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ has welcomed a US$ 1.6 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide life-saving food assistance to drought-hit people in southern Madagascar.
Food and Agriculture Organization (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 joint statement calling for urgent action to address the global food security crisis.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), has named Anne, a well-known Japanese actress, as the organization¡¯s Goodwill Ambassador in Japan at a press conference in Tokyo, today. Leveraging her fame and commitment, Anne will lend her voice to help the organization drive advocacy efforts in Japan to highlight the plight of the millions of people forced to the brink of starvation.
Seoul, Republic of Korea - Son Heung-Min, a prominent English Premier League football player for Tottenham Hotspur, who scored 23 goals in the 2021/22 season, making him one of the top scorers of the season and earning him the Golden Boot, has been announced as the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Global Goodwill Ambassador.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C In Haiti, where almost half the population is already food insecure, hunger is set to rise amidst increasing inflation, high costs of food and fuel and deteriorating security, warns the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ). As criminal groups block roads, Â鶹ÊÓƵ continues to provide assistance to vulnerable Haitians and supports the humanitarian community with vital air and sea transport.
New Delhi ¨C The Government of India and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to supply 10,000 mt of wheat to Afghanistan where nearly 19 million people ¨C half of the population ¨C are facing acute food insecurity, compounded by the recent earthquake that struck the eastern part of the country in June.
MANILA ¨C Following an intensive emergency response, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has launched early recovery support for communities severely affected by Typhoon Rai - locally named Odette - that hit the country in December 2021. Some 80,000 people will participate in Â鶹ÊÓƵ Food Assistance for Assets projects in the provinces of Bohol and Southern Leyte and in the region of Caraga.
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.
Yaound¨¦ ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomes a USD 1.2 million (JPY 150 million) contribution from the Government of Japan to provide food and nutrition assistance to over 74,600 children, women and men in the Far North, North, Adamawa, East, North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon.
CHISINAU: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a ?5 million contribution from the United Kingdom to support the provision of emergency cash to Moldovan families hosting refugees affected by the conflict in neighboring Ukraine.
BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) received a contribution of US$ 6.4 million from the Government of Japan, which is helping Â鶹ÊÓƵ support up to 255,000 crisis-affected displaced Iraqis who remain unable to return home, plus emergency transition support for 12,000 vulnerable and food-insecure people. All are confronting higher food prices that are threatening the food security of families.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) have agreed a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening cooperation in the areas of food systems and innovative financing.
DAR ES SALAAM - Today the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing US$9 million in critical food assistance to bring immediate relief to the most vulnerable people in Tanzania. This new contribution will allow USAID¡¯s partner, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), to provide life-saving food assistance to 204,000 refugees hosted at camps in north western Tanzania
DUSHANBE ¨C The Government of Tajikistan and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today presented the 2022-2027 State Programme on School Feeding Development in the Republic of Tajikistan. The presentation in Dushanbe was attended by representatives for the Government, UN agencies and the Embassy of the Russian Federation.
ROME - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes today¡¯s announcement by G7 leaders meeting in Elmau, Germany, that they will provide an additional US$ 4.5 billion to protect the world¡¯s most vulnerable people from hunger and malnutrition.
KABUL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has delivered emergency food assistance to 18,200 people affected by the devastating earthquake that struck Paktika and Khost on 22 June. The 5.9 magnitude quake killed around 800 people, injured 1,500 others, and destroyed hundreds of homes.
NB: This is a re-issue of a 23 June 2022 joint FAO-Â鶹ÊÓƵ news release. This version corrects the number of people facing acute levels of food insecurity in Cabo Verde.
DAKAR ¨C The number of people affected by food insecurity in Cabo Verde is set to spike with more than 46,000 women, men and children ¨C almost 10 percent of the population - facing an acute deterioration in food security between June and August this year. This represents a threat to the country¡¯s hard-won gains in food security over recent years forcing the Government to declare a social and economic national emergency on 20 June. If not urgently addressed, this will severely disrupt food access and agricultural production, putting more lives at risk as the country depends largely on imports to meet its food needs.
KABUL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has rapidly deployed food and logistics equipment to support communities devasted by the 22 June earthquake that struck near the city of Khost. 18 trucks are being deployed to the earthquake-affected areas carrying emergency supplies, including High Energy Biscuits (HEB) and mobile storage units. Â鶹ÊÓƵ plans to provide emergency food to an initial 3,000 households and is ready to ramp up its support pending results of ongoing post-disaster assessments.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C? Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20[1] million people in Ethiopia who are facing a combination of conflict in the north and climate shocks ¨C drought ¨C in the south while dwindling resources mean food and nutrition support may run dry from next month, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today.
DAKAR ¨CThe United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in partnership with the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS), the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), and the Senegalese Ministry of Economy, Plan and Cooperation, today launched the annual forum of intergovernmental organisations from West Africa, to examine and address the impact of emerging risks and challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the unfolding crisis in Ukraine.
