Note by the Secretary-General

General Assembly
Nineteenth session
27 February-23 March 2012
Agenda item 2
Annual report of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights and the Secretary-General

Sixty-fifth session
Item 26 of the provisional agenda*
Agriculture development and food security

Summary

Two years after the 2008 food crisis, food insecurity persists in 29 countries worldwide, and more than one billion people remain hungry or undernourished. However, concerted efforts by the global community to coordinate actions for food and nutrition assistance and to provide increased resources for sustainable agricultural development, along with country-led policy initiatives that include farmers' organizations

Soixante-quatrième session
Point 72 a) de l'ordre du jour provisoire*
Renforcement de la coordination de l'aide
humanitaire et des secours en cas de catastrophe
fournis par les organismes des Nations Unies,
y compris l'assistance économique spéciale :
renforcement de la coordination de l'aide
humanitaire et des secours en cas de catastrophe
fournis par les organismes des Nations Unies

Résumé

Le présent rapport a été établi en application de la résolution 63/141 du 10 mars 2009 de l'Assemblée générale, dans laquelle

Soixante-troisième session
Point 42 de l'ordre du jour provisoire*
Rapport du Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies
pour les réfugiés, questions relatives aux réfugiés,
aux rapatriés et aux déplacés et questions humanitaires

I. Introduction

1. Le déplacement de personnes suite à des conflits armés et à d'autres situations de violence en Afrique s'est accru pendant l'année 2007 et le nombre total de personnes déracinées a augmenté d'environ 1 million. =C0 la fin 2007, la population totale qui préoccupait le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR ou HCNUR)

AFR/RC59/9

BACKGROUND

1. Africa is the continent most affected by malaria, accounting for 86% of the estimated 247 million malaria episodes and 91% of malaria deaths worldwide in 2006. Malaria also accounts for 25% to 45% of all outpatient clinic attendances and between 20% and 45% of all hospital admissions. Furthermore, it is estimated that malaria represents 17% of under-five mortality in the WHO African Region.

2. In high endemic countries in the Region, it is estimated that malaria reduces economic growth by an annual average

Assemblée générale
Soixante-quatrième session
Point 71 a) de la liste préliminaire*
Renforcement de la coordination de l'aide
humanitaire et des secours en cas de catastrophe
fournis par les organismes des Nations Unies,
y compris l'assistance économique spéciale :
renforcement de la coordination de l'aide humanitaire
d'urgence fournie par les organismes des Nations Unies

Conseil économique et social
Session de fond de 2009
Genève, 6-31 juillet 2009
Point 5 de l'ordre du jour provisoire**
Assistance économique spéciale, aide

Sixty-third session
Item 59 of the provisional agenda*
Advancement of women

Summary

The present report was prepared in response to General Assembly resolution 62/138. Obstetric fistula is a devastating childbirth injury that leaves women incontinent and often isolated from their communities. It is a stark example of continued poor maternal and reproductive health services and an indication of high levels of maternal death and disability. The report outlines efforts to end obstetric fistula at international, regional and national levels, including by the United

I. Introduction

1. A significant increase in the numbers of persons of concern to UNHCR brought new challenges in 2006. While there was a 14 per cent increase in refugee numbers from the previous year, the Office's involvement, together with other humanitarian partners, in protecting and assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) under the inter-agency cluster approach, resulted in a doubling of IDP figures. Thanks to better data capturing, many more stateless people have been identified, also swelling numbers.

2. Despite a plethora of complex challenges,

A/60/87-E/2005/78

General Assembly
Sixtieth session
Item 74 (a) of the preliminary list*

General Assembly Sixtieth session
Item 74 (a) of the preliminary list*
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster
relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance

Economic and Social Council Substantive session of 2005
New York, 29 June-27 July 2005 Item 5 of the provisional agenda**
Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance