We are increasingly alarmed about the situation in Yemen.
COVID-19 is spreading rapidly across the country already experiencing the world¡¯s largest humanitarian crisis, driven by an unabated conflict. But we are ready to stay and deliver life-saving assistance to those who need it.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Niger welcomes an additional €24 million contribution from Germany to scale-up resilience building at a time when Niger is facing the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 health pandemic on food security and nutrition of vulnerable rural and urban families.
PANAMA CITY ¨C The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean could potentially leave around 14 million* vulnerable people in severe food insecurity this year, warranting urgent attention to save lives, according to projections by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
DUSHANBE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) distributed this week one-month food assistance for more than 9,500 people affected by mudslide in Khatlon Region¡¯s Khuroson District.
BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a donation of US$522,500 from the Government of Switzerland to support the food needs of nearly 24,000 refugees and internally displaced people for one month.
ALGIERS/MADRID ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of €1 million (US$1.1 million) from the Cabildo (governing council) of Gran Canaria in Spain to support food assistance for Sahrawi refugees in camps in Tindouf, Algeria.
LUSAKA ¨C While ramping up its efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has begun delivering relief food assistance to more than a quarter of a million vulnerable people heavily impacted by recent flash flooding.
Vientiane ¨C Rice and lentils donated by the United States arrived in Laos this week and was received by the U.S. Ambassador to Lao PDR, Dr. Peter M. Haymond today at Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Vientiane warehouse.
NAIROBI ¨C The dire socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic may more than double the number of hungry people in East Africa and the Horn over the next three months, a report from the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has found.
DAR ES SALAAM ¨C The Japanese government has contributed US$1.5 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to support the implementation of the four-year Boresha Lishe nutrition project in rural areas of central Tanzania.
DHAKA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is working with the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education to distribute take-home food rations to nearly 3 million school children across Bangladesh who are missing out on their school meals due to school closures caused by the spread of the Coronavirus.
Jerusalem ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a €250,000 contribution from France to provide essential food for the poorest and most food insecure non-refugee populations in the Gaza Strip.
DAR ES SALAAM ¨C On 15 May, a passenger flight ferrying humanitarian and health workers into Tanzania is set to arrive from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. This is the first flight of its kind since commercial air services were suspended in Tanzania in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus
ACCRA ¨C A regional humanitarian response hub in Ghana, established by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to facilitate COVID-19 response efforts is now fully operational, with the first flights taking off on 14 May. The Accra regional hub is part of a global hub-and-spokes system of air links for dispatching essential medical and humanitarian cargo and transporting health workers to the front lines of the pandemic.
(New York/Geneva/Rome, 13 May 2020) Conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic present a significant threat to life in Libya. The health and safety of the country¡¯s entire population are at risk.
BAGHDAD ¨C The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) are stepping up their collaboration to help meet the essential needs of vulnerable people in Iraq. Â鶹ÊÓƵ has worked with UNHCR and partners to identify an additional 35,000 Syrian refugees and 10,000 people displaced by conflict who will be included in Â鶹ÊÓƵ food assistance programmes to help them cope with the impact of COVID-19.
BAMAKO ¨C The Government of Japan has contributed US$3 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to provide urgent food assistance to 100,000 newly displaced persons and host communities affected by conflict and intercommunal violence in northern and central Mali.
JERUSALEM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of CAD$6 million (approximately US$4.3 million) from the Government of Canada to provide much-needed food assistance to Palestinians facing hardship in Gaza and the West Bank.
The UN¡¯s Humanitarian Chief, Mark Lowcock, has called for swift and determined action to avoid the most destabilizing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as he releases a $6.7 billion appeal and an updated global plan to fight coronavirus in fragile countries.
BAMAKO ¨C As the world braces for the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 health pandemic, Germany has reaffirmed its commitment to the long-term improvement of livelihoods and food security in Mali through an EUR 11 million contribution to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s life-changing activities in the country
HARARE ¨C The Government of Japan today announced an additional US$14.8 million in funding to meet the essential food security needs of vulnerable populations in Zimbabwe through the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ).
ALGIERS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of CHF 1.8 million (US$ 1.9 million) from the Government of Switzerland that will help cover the basic food needs of thousands of Sahrawi refugee families and support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s school feeding programme.
ROME / ABU DHABI ¨C The United Arab Emirates (UAE), in partnership with the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), has launched an international air bridge operation that will provide a lifeline of essential health and humanitarian supplies to nations around the world grappling with the impact of COVID-19.
ROME/LI?GE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has kick-started a network of global logistics hubs that will support the entire aid community and ensure the delivery of vital medical and humanitarian supplies to developing countries at a time when commercial air transport is at a virtual standstill.
NEW YORK/PARIS/ROME, 30 April 2020 ¨C UNESCO, UNICEF, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and World Bank today issued new guidelines on the safe reopening of schools amidst ongoing closures affecting nearly 1.3 billion students worldwide.
