DILI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a US$ 1.5 million donation from the Government of Timor-Leste for the agency¡¯s humanitarian response in Ukraine.
Lviv ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ has welcomed an additional contribution of US$14 million from the Government of Japan to provide humanitarian food assistance to people affected by the conflict in Ukraine. This brings the total contribution by Japan for the Ukraine crisis to US$ 28 million.
Kigali - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a US$2.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide nutrition assistance to refugees living in Mahama refugee camp in Eastern Rwanda.
DILI ¨C Today, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and the World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed US$ 1 million contribution from the UN SDG Fund. The funding will enable the three agencies to continue strengthening national food systems and implementing disaster risk reduction activities in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Health of Timor-Leste.
CAIRO ¨C As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins, the soaring cost of food staples in import-dependent Middle Eastern and North African countries is creating ever greater challenges for millions of families already struggling to keep hunger at bay, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) said today.
LVIV ¨C One month into the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is providing emergency food assistance to one million people in the country and has built systems able to deliver food at scale to communities in need. Trucks, trains and mini vans are today delivering food supplies to the most vulnerable people across the country and more convoys are expected in coming days.
Columbia, SC ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Executive Director David Beasley has called on corporations, wealthy individuals, and the public to contribute more to steady a world rocked by war in Europe.
SUVA, Fiji: As supply chains remain disrupted across the Pacific region impacting the movement of critical supplies, on 25 March the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) - on behalf of WHO, UNFPA, UNDP, UN in Pacific and the Government of New Zealand - transported over 5000 kg of COVID-19 medical cargo, including oxygen concentrators and other vital supplies to Vanuatu.
KAMPALA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 3 million from the European Union (EU) to provide cash transfers for 780,000 refugees in Uganda. This funding is in addition to an earlier contribution of EUR 4.5 million.
As the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine approaches four million, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) launch the Football for Ukraine Emergency Appeal¡¯.
GENEVA, LONDON, ROME ¨C Six leading footballers, three of whom are former refugees, are fronting a joint appeal with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), to raise funds to help refugees who have fled their homes and displaced people inside Ukraine.
ROME / SEOUL - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$ 1.5 million contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea to emergency relief efforts in Ukraine.
LUANDA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of US$ 293,000 from the Government of Japan to support resilience building activities for refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) residing in Lunda Norte province.
Columbia, SC ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Executive Director David Beasley will announce a major new fundraising drive aimed at billionaires, corporations, and individuals in response to the crisis in Ukraine, and the unprecedented impact on global food security.
Juba ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) strongly condemns the recent attack on a convoy carrying humanitarian supplies and again calls on the Government to bring the perpetrators of these attacks to justice and to safeguard the safety and security of humanitarian staff and assets.
ALGIERS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of €2.4 million (US$2.7 million) from Spain to provide critical humanitarian assistance to Sahrawi refugees in Algeria.
SUVA, Fiji: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and The University of the South Pacific (USP) have joined forces to strengthen local market monitoring capacities in Fiji and Samoa.
LUSAKA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$650,000 contribution from the United States (through USAID¡¯s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance), to provide cash assistance to around 18,500 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) residing in the Â鶹ÊÓƵ-supported Mantapala Refugee Settlement in Zambia. This contribution will allow Â鶹ÊÓƵ to continue cash assistance for up to three months.
Khartoum ¨C The combined effects of conflict, economic crisis, and poor harvests are significantly affecting people¡¯s access to food and will likely double the number of people facing acute hunger in Sudan to more than 18 million people by September 2022, warns the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
SEOUL - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a KRW 1 billion (approximately US $ 823,000) contribution from Dunamu, a block chain and fintech company in the Republic of Korea, towards its emergency operations in Ukraine. The donation will be used to provide food assistance and relief to, both, people affected by the conflict in Ukraine and those who have fled to neighbouring countries.
KRAKOW ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ has welcomed a US$14 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide emergency food assistance to people affected by the conflict in Ukraine.
SIEM REAP ¨C Today, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the United States Embassy, and Cambodia¡¯s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) celebrated the handover of the school feeding programme in 85 additional schools from Â鶹ÊÓƵ to the Cambodian Government.
ROME: Four United Nations agencies today announced the forthcoming launch of a new phase of a joint programme that aims to secure rural women¡¯s livelihoods, rights and resilience to advance sustainable development.
SANA¡¯A ¨C Desperate levels of hunger in war-torn Yemen are set to become catastrophic as the Ukraine crisis pushes up food prices and a nearly US$ 900-million funding gap makes further cuts in food assistance ever more certain, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) said today.
AMMAN ¡ª The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the UN Children¡¯s Fund (UNICEF) yesterday awarded seed funding to five young women and men, to help them launch their start-ups that will positively impact food security in Jordan.
SANA¡¯A, ADEN, ROME, NEW YORK, - Yemen¡¯s already dire hunger crisis is teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe, with 17.4 million people now in need of food assistance and a growing portion of the population coping with emergency levels of hunger, UN agencies have warned.
