ROME - The United Nations and the Government of Italy announced today that the Pre-Summit gathering for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit will be in Rome, Italy from July 19 to July 21, 2021.
NAYPYITAW, MYANMAR ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today warned of rising food and fuel prices as the current political unrest starts to impact supply chains and markets.
As the consequences of COVID-19 become more tangible, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, WHO and UNICEF are working together to protect children and families in Angola from catastrophic levels of deprivation through strengthening essential services, including health, food security, nutrition, hygiene, and education.
LUANDA¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children¡¯s Fund (UNICEF) welcome a contribution of US$ one million from the Government of Japan to support various interventions in Angola.
DAR ES SALAAM - Today, at the Tanzania Port Authority, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$8 million contribution from the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The contribution will help maintain critical food assistance to refugees living in Nduta, Mtendeli and Nyarugusu camps in north-western Tanzania.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has announced the Finnish Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Ville Skinnari, as the founding member of a high-level steering committee to support a global scale up of school meal programmes.
UNICEF and Â鶹ÊÓƵ warn that more than 1 in 3 health districts in the country are now on alert for a child malnutrition crisis due to recent violence
BANGUI ¨C At least 24,000 children under five across 14 of the Central African Republic¡¯s 35 health districts are at risk of severe acute malnutrition following the recent spike in violence across the country ¨C UNICEF and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today. Out of these 14 districts, which are now on alert for a child malnutrition crisis, six currently have no resources or capacity to respond to children¡¯s acute needs.
The two UN agencies also noted that violence and insecurity are exacerbating population displacement, hindering humanitarian access and causing food prices to rise.
This is a summary of what was said by Â鶹ÊÓƵ spokesperson Tomson Phiri ¨C to whom quoted text may be attributed ¨C at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
GENEVA ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has begun to convene a coalition of stakeholders to support governments to restore and boost access to school feeding for the most vulnerable children.
DAMASCUS ¨C After a decade of upheaval, conflict and displacement, Syrians are facing the worst humanitarian conditions since the start of the crisis, with millions of people sliding into hunger in the last year alone, according to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
BAGHDAD ¨C On International School Meals Day, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) renews its commitment to support the learning and nutrition needs of children in Iraq. Under the National School Feeding Programme, Â鶹ÊÓƵ in partnership with the Iraqi Ministry of Education is developing a new universal School Feeding policy to support all primary school children in the country.
Transcript as delivered of remarks by UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Executive Director David Beasley during today¡¯s UN Security Council session on food security and maintaining international peace and stability
NEW YORK ¨C The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Executive Director, David Beasley, addressed the United Nations Security Council today on Yemen, conflict and food insecurity. Here are selected highlights from his remarks
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ has welcomed a total contribution of US$110 million from the Government of Japan towards its food assistance and livelihood support to vulnerable people in 37 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa
ADEN/SANA¡¯A ¨C The Executive Director of the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ issued an urgent plea for peace in Yemen and called for funding to help the most vulnerable hungry families as he wrapped up a two-day visit to the country where the worst famine the world has seen in modern history is now looming.
Dili - A funding contribution of US$150,000 from the European Union, channeled through the World Health Organization is helping the Â鶹ÊÓƵ continue its humanitarian air passenger and cargo flights in support of the COVID-19 response in Timor-Leste.
Rome ¨C Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic unless more women in rural and urban areas hold leadership positions with increased decision-making power, say the heads of the three United Nations¡¯ food agencies ahead of their joint International Women¡¯s Day event on 8 March.
KINSHASA¨C Reaffirming the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s commitment to build stronger communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Executive Director of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, David Beasley, today, concluded a visit to the country which included a meeting with the Country¡¯s new President, F¨¦lix Tshisekedi.
NAIROBI ¨C UNHCR, the U.N. Refugee Agency, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) appealed today for US$266 million to end food ration cuts for over 3 million refugees in Eastern Africa. Funding shortages have forced cuts up to 60 percent. The agencies warned of growing risks including increased malnutrition and anaemia, stunted child growth and a myriad of protection risks.
This is a summary of what was said by Â鶹ÊÓƵ spokesperson Tomson Phiri ¨C to whom quoted text may be attributed ¨C at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
GENEVA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ warns that a crippling fuel shortage in Yemen is making an already catastrophic food security situation far worse and appeals for an urgent solution to this man-made crisis.
KAMPALA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today commended various donors for increasing their initial funding pledges for 1.26 million refugees in Uganda and urged more donors to step forward to prevent deeper cuts in food assistance for them.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is appealing urgently for US$107 million for its emergency response in Ethiopia¡¯s Tigray Region to buy and deliver food for 1 million people and provide specialized nutrition support for 875,000 children and pregnant or nursing mothers after months of insecurity.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has the following updates on the tragic armed attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 22 February:
ROME ¨C The COVID-19 pandemic risks reversing a decade of hard-won gains in global efforts to provide nutritious food to the world¡¯s most vulnerable children through a free daily meal in school, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ said in a report released today.
Harare - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes an additional US$7 million in new funding from Switzerland, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), which will go directly towards assisting families living in Zimbabwe¡¯s urban areas to strengthen their skills and ability to cope in the face of economic and climate shocks.
TEHRAN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a generous contribution of US$875,000 from the Government of Japan towards its assistance programme for refugees in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
