ALGIERS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a first-time contribution of € 400,000 (US$ 452,000) from the Government of France (EU) to support Sahrawi refugee boys and girls in camps in Algeria.
KHARTOUM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Sudan received a contribution of US$1 million from the Government of Japan, for the treatment of acute malnutrition of 127,000 infants, mothers and pregnant women in Central and West Darfur states.
ALGIERS ¨C UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency; United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and five NGO partners urgently need US$ 15 million to respond to the public health needs and immediate humanitarian consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic in the Tindouf refugee camps in Algeria.
BAGHDAD ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes two generous contributions from the Governments of Belgium and Italy of €1 million each (US$1.1 million) to assist internally displaced people (IDPs) and Syrian refugees in Iraq.
ROME ¨C The COVID-19 pandemic could almost double the number of people suffering acute hunger, pushing it to more than a quarter of a billion by the end of 2020, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today as it and other partners released a new report on food crises around the world.
Annual report on acute food security and nutrition published today.
Brussels/Rome/New York ¨C Today an international alliance of UN, governmental, and non-governmental agencies working to address the root causes of extreme hunger have released a new edition of their annual Global Report on Food Crises.
Transcript as delivered of remarks by David Beasley, UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Executive Director to today¡¯s virtual session of the UN Security Council on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Protecting Civilians Affected by Conflict-Induced Hunger
NEW YORK ¨C Forgive me for speaking bluntly, but I¡¯d like to lay out for you very clearly what the world is facing at this very moment. At the same time while dealing with a COVID-19 pandemic, we are also on the brink of a hunger pandemic.
ROME/GENEVA ¨C The first United Nations ¡°Solidarity Flight¡± is scheduled to leave Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, today - from there, the aircraft will transport the vital medical cargo to all countries in Africa, where supplies are desperately needed to contain the spread of COVID-19.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C The Government of Ethiopia and United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) opened a new hub inside Addis Ababa¡¯s Bole International Airport from which COVID-19 supplies, equipment and humanitarian workers will be transported by air across Ethiopia and Africa.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a total of US$11.7 million in funding from the Government of Japan to provide vital food and nutrition assistance to the vulnerable populations in the Central Sahel affected by escalating armed conflict and severe impacts of climate change.
HARARE ¨C With Zimbabwe¡¯s already severe climate- and recession-induced hunger crisis deepening and COVID-19 taking hold, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) urgently needs US$130 million to sustain through August an emergency operation to prevent millions of the country¡¯s most vulnerable people plunging deeper into hunger.
PANAMA CITY ¨C The United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Panama, managed by the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), is the primary regional logistics hub responding to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean. The depot has already airlifted more than eight tons of supplies, including COVID-19 kits, for the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) to 24 countries.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$7.5 million from the Government of Japan to help support vulnerable people in three East African countries hit by locust swarms feeding off crops.
Paletwa, MYANMAR ¨C Following persistent efforts, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has successfully obtained access and delivered food to people affected by ongoing armed conflict in Samee Town of Paletwa Township in Chin State.
DAKAR ¨C The humanitarian crisis in the Central Sahel region of Africa is spiralling out of control - with more than 5 million people facing severe food insecurity across the region, according to a new joint food security assessment released today by food security partners including the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
THIMPHU - Â鶹ÊÓƵ has donated two mobile storage units in support of the Royal Government of Bhutan COVID-19 preparedness and response. The facility will be used to help authorities preposition food to meet the needs of half the population for three months.
BISSAU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed contributions totalling US$2.8 million from the Government of Japan to deliver lifesaving saving assistance, resilience-building support and the development of human capital in Guinea-Bissau.
JUBA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a € 500,000 contribution towards the fight against malnutrition in South Sudan where 1.3 million children under the age of five are expected to be acutely malnourished and in need of urgent treatment this year.
TEHRAN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received from the Government of Japan the largest ever single contribution to its operations in Iran. Â鶹ÊÓƵ will use the US$7 million grant for its COVID-19 response to support Iranian health workers and strengthen the resilience of the refugee community in Iran.
ROME ¨C A groundbreaking map showing how the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting children¡¯s school meals is being launched today by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
DAMASCUS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed two generous donations totalling US$3.2 million from the Government of Japan to support Syrian families to fight hunger and increase their food security. Both contributions will help Â鶹ÊÓƵ meet the immediate food needs and build the resilience of nearly 460,000 vulnerable people in Syria.
BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$4 million from the Government of Japan to provide food assistance for eight months to 26,000 vulnerable internally displaced people (IDPs) in camps in Iraq.
NIAMEY ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a €3.2 million (US$3.5m) contribution from the European Union, which will help provide lifesaving assistance to the most vulnerable people affected by hunger and violence in Niger.
ROME - Friends and Colleagues - I want you to be among the first to know that in the past few hours I have received confirmation, after testing, that I have the COVID-19 virus.? I began feeling unwell this past weekend after returning to my home in the United States from an official visit to Canada and I took an early decision to go into self-quarantine, five days ago.
