Jerusalem ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a €9 million (US$10.5 million) contribution from the Government of Germany to provide much-needed food assistance for the poorest and most food insecure Palestinian families.
HARARE ¨C With millions of Zimbabweans devastated by a year of drought, rising hyperinflation and COVID-19, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today appealed for an additional US$204 million to support over four million of the most food insecure people over the next six months.
BEIRUT ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) started this week, in close partnership with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), distributing the first round of food assistance for vulnerable Lebanese and Syrian refugee schoolchildren and their families across Lebanon.
AMMAN ¨C Germany has again shown its commitment to support refugees and vulnerable Jordanians with a contribution of 65 million Euros (US$76.9 million USD) to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Jordan for the years 2020 and 2021.
DUSHANBE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today held a ceremony to hand over to the Government of Tajikistan more than 180 tons of vegetable oil purchased with funds from the Russian Federation. This is the first batch of a total of 300 tons of vegetable oil to cover the needs of its National School Feeding Programme.
COLOMBO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) are supporting the Government of Sri Lanka with funding worth USD 118,000 (LKR 22 million) to provide vegetable seed packets to rural farming communities.
MAPUTO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR 2.2 million (USD 2.60 million) from Ireland for its support to the internally displaced people (IDPs) from Cabo Delgado in Northern Mozambique.
Colombo - Norwegian Ambassador, H.E. Trine J?ranli Eskedal and Deputy Head of Mission, Hilde Berg-Hansen, call on Â鶹ÊÓƵ Sri Lanka Country Director, Brenda Barton, for a joint celebration of Â鶹ÊÓƵ being award-ed the Nobel Peace Prize
CAIRO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a fresh contribution package totalling US$3.8 million from the Government of the Republic of Korea to help Â鶹ÊÓƵ provide food assistance for conflict-affected Syrians, inside their country and in three neighbouring countries.
Lilongwe, Malawi ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomes a generous contribution of US$ 10.3 million from the United States Government, through USAID¡¯s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), to provide emergency assistance to vulnerable households and support the livelihoods of communities in Malawi.
CAIRO ¨C The Ministry of Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs (MOEEA) and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) launched today the e-learning platform, ¡®Bedaya Digital,¡¯ under the presidential initiative ¡®Life-Saving Boats¡± that aims at raising awareness on the dangers of illegal immigration.
CAIRO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Goodwill Ambassador and Arab actor and producer Hend Sabry released today a video reflecting on her work with the UN humanitarian organization over the past ten years. The video comes only two days before Â鶹ÊÓƵ accepts the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December in a virtual ceremony.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a ?4.5 million contribution from the Government of the United Kingdom to provide cash assistance to people facing severe hunger in Malawi.
Jerusalem ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a €400,000 contribution from Spain to provide much-needed food assistance to more than 34,000 vulnerable Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, most of them women and children.
Rome ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is honoured to accept the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize on December 10 at 1 p.m. (CET), in a ceremony that recognizes our role in fighting hunger and fostering peace in conflict-affected areas.
KATHMANDU - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of ?4.49 million (equivalent to US$5.75 million or 678 million Nepali Rupees) from the United Kingdom to help some of Nepal¡¯s most vulnerable people cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and provide food security and nutrition recovery support for their families.
MAPUTO ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Special Advisor on Mother and Child Health and Nutrition, Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, reaffirmed the crucial role of gender equality in fighting malnutrition, as she wrapped up a week-long trip to Mozambique.
Levels of hunger reach record levels, requiring urgent action
SANA¡¯A/ROME/NEW YORK ¨C The window to prevent famine in Yemen is narrowing as new figures reveal record highs of acute food insecurity in the country, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and UNICEF warned today.
The United Nations calls for the targeting of new policies and investments in the lagging territories of Latin America and the Caribbean.
December 2, 2020, Santiago de Chile - A new United Nations report shows the territorial inequality of malnutrition in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
ANTANANARIVO ¨C Southern Madagascar is in the grip of a humanitarian catastrophe, with 1.5 million people¡ªhalf the region¡¯s population¡ªneeding immediate emergency food assistance, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today. Three straight years of drought have wiped out harvests and hampered people's access to food and COVID-19 is compounding their suffering.
BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has gladly received a generous contribution of US$16.8 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development¡¯s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA). It will directly support food assistance for displaced and refugee families, and the digitalisation of the national Public Distribution System (PDS) for food rations.
BANGUI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$ 2.7 million (Yen 300 million) from the Government of Japan to provide food assistance to vulnerable people including women and children affected by armed conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic (C.A.R).
Kihei, Hawaii/Bangkok, Thailand¡ªThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) have joined forces to help countries in Asia and the Pacific prepare for disasters and respond faster to emergencies.
KABUL/LONDON¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of ?15 million (US$20 million) from the United Kingdom towards its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to help families in Afghanistan who are facing food shortages get through winter.
