Jakarta, 28 April 2022 ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (UNÂ鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Governments of Indonesia and Bangladesh, hosted a virtual knowledge and experience exchange as part of South-South and Triangular Cooperation on 20th April 2022. Government officials from both countries shared best practices to promote and champion youth participation in building disaster-resilient communities.
Banjul ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) launched, today, cash transfers to assist internally displaced people (IDPs), refugees, and host families in Foni Kansala (West Coast region), as the conflict in the Senegalese Casamance region has led to cross-border displacement.
BRIDGETOWN ¨C An estimated 2.8 million people or nearly 40 percent of the population in the English-speaking Caribbean is food insecure, 1 million more than in April 2020, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
The Republic of Korea¡¯s first Michelin star chef joins global advocacy efforts to fight global hunger
SEOUL - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced that Tony Yoo, celebrity chef specializing in modern Korean dining and owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant, has been appointed Â鶹ÊÓƵ Chef Advocate.
SANA¡¯A / SEOUL - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a US$1 million contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea to provide humanitarian assistance in Yemen.
Baghdad, Iraq ¡ª The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and reaffirm their commitment to strengthening collaboration and joint initiatives on gender equality and women empowerment in Iraq.
FREETOWN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) reached 540,000 people in Sierra Leone with lifesaving and resilience building assistance last year, helping them meet their basic food and nutritional needs amidst rising levels of hunger, partly due to the economic fallout from COVID-19.
Kigali ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$5.5 million from the United States (through USAID¡¯s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance) to provide cash transfers to refugees living in all five camps in Rwanda. This funding is in addition to an earlier contribution of US$4 million.
BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) together supported 104,500 people from vulnerable communities in Iraq to rebuild their livelihoods after conflict and adapt to climate change, alongside advancing the digitalization of the Public Distribution System for food rations (PDS).
NAIROBI ¨C Desperately needed rains across the Horn of Africa have so far failed to materialise, almost a month into the current rainy season, and if these conditions continue, along with stagnant and even decreasing humanitarian aid, the number of hungry people due to drought could spiral from the currently estimated 14 million to 20 million through 2022, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today.
SANA¡¯A ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR 45 million from the European Union (EU) to address the hunger crisis in Yemen. With these resources, Â鶹ÊÓƵ will continue to provide emergency assistance and nutrition support in response to an alarming rise in food insecurity affecting millions of Yemenis.
CAIRO ¨C Arab film star, Hend Sabry has visited a climate change adaptation programme run by the Government of Egypt and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in her capacity as Goodwill Ambassador for the UN agency.
CARACAS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) marks today the first anniversary of the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to establish its presence in the country.
KYIV ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ today called for unimpeded access to families trapped in conflict areas and encircled cities in Ukraine, saying lack of access was the biggest obstacle to its life-saving operations in the war-torn country.
DAKAR ¨C The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ)¡¯s operational costs for 2022 will go up by US$ 136 million in West Africa alone due to the ripple effect of the conflict in Ukraine which is driving up global food and fuel prices. This, as acute hunger in the region has quadrupled in three years ¨C reaching a 10-year high this year, with 43 million women, men and children expected to face acute food insecurity by June 2022.
Jaipur: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Rajasthan handed over free Tablets to women school Cook-Cum-Helpers (CCHs), marking the launch of a mobile learning application to strengthen the functioning of the PM-POSHAN Scheme formerly known as the Mid-Day Meal scheme.
NAIROBI ¨C Millions of displaced families across eastern Africa will fall deeper into hunger as food rations dwindle due to humanitarian resources being stretched to the limit as the world grapples with a toxic cocktail of conflict, climate shocks, and Covid-19, combined with spiraling costs of food and fuel, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today.
ROME ¨C France¡¯s Europe and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Agriculture and Food Julien Denormandie and EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenar?i? met with David Beasley, Executive Director (ED) of the World Food Program (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), to discuss the dramatic consequences of the war in Ukraine on food security, especially for developing countries and the world¡¯s most vulnerable countries.
? Proposed actions to help vulnerable countries include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households and countries; facilitating unhindered trade; investing in sustainable food production and nutrition security.
? Leaders call on the international community to support vulnerable countries through grants to cover urgent financing needs.
Washington, DC ¨C April 13, 2022: The Heads of the World Bank Group (WBG), International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations World Food Program (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), and World Trade Organization (WTO) today called for urgent action on food security. World Bank Group President David Malpass, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Executive Director David Beasley and WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala issued the following joint statement ahead of the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group next week:
Afghanistan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) received a contribution of USD 500,000 from the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) to support its operations in Afghanistan. The agreement was signed by Dr. Hilal AL Sayer, President of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society and Karin Manente, Director of the Public Partnerships and Resourcing Division at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
Somalia is facing famine conditions as a perfect storm of poor rain, skyrocketing food prices and huge funding shortfalls leaves almost 40% of Somalis on the brink.|
Mogadishu - Millions of Somalis are at risk of sliding into famine as the impact of a prolonged drought continues to destroy lives and livelihoods, and growing needs outpace available resources for humanitarian assistance, United Nations agencies warned today
ROME ¨C France¡¯s Europe and Foreign affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Agriculture and Food Minister Julien Denormandie, EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenar?i?, and UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ Executive Director David Beasley will meet in Rome on Tuesday to discuss plans to prevent a deterioration in food security around the world as a result of the war in Ukraine. In particular, the multilateral FARM (Food and agriculture resilience mission) initiative, laid out by the European Council, will be presented.
JUBA - Food insecurity is likely to rise by seven percent across South Sudan in the coming months, compared to last year, according to a new United Nations report on food security. UN organizations are renewing the call for more humanitarian and livelihoods assistance to stave off looming hunger and enhance resilience.
Dushanbe ¨C A batch of food aid ¨C 948.5 mt of fortified wheat flour ¨C procured with funding from the Russian Federation, has arrived in Tajikistan. The food will be used to prepare hot meals for school children in rural areas as part of Â鶹ÊÓƵ-supported school feeding programme.
DAKAR ¨C The number of women, men and children affected by a food and nutrition crisis in West and Central Africa is expected to reach a new record high in June 2022 - quadrupling in just three years from 10.7 million in 2019 to 41 million in 2022 - unless appropriate measures are urgently taken, reveals the Cadre Harmonis¨¦ food security analysis released in March 2022.
