The first-ever Birth Day Risk Index compares first-day death rates for babies in 186 countries to identify the safest and most dangerous places to be born.

Hausse de l’insécurité alimentaire suite à un fonctionnement atypique du marché

MESSAGES CLÉS

• Dans les zones fortement touchées par l’insécurité civile notamment au nord du Mali, au nord-est du Nigeria et en République Centrafricaine, le mauvais fonctionnement du marché, conjugué avec le faible pouvoir d’achat des ménages et à la faiblesse des stocks, engendrent une insécurité alimentaire de type crise (IPC Phase 3).

Around 6.5 million people were newly displaced, almost twice as many as the 3.5 million during 2011. The conflicts in Syria and DRC were responsible for around half of the new displacements.

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Humanitarian situation is rapidly worsening in Central African Republic

• Despite good harvest in 2012, high prices reduce access to food for most vulnerable households

• 10.3 million people remain food insecure across the Sahel

• While Côte d’Ivoire transitions to development, pocket of humanitarian needs must be addressed

Progress shows that stunting in children can be defeated – UNICEF

DUBLIN, 15 April 2013 – A new UNICEF report issued today offers evidence that real progress is being made in the fight against stunted growth – the hidden face of poverty for 165 million children under the age of five. The report shows that accelerated progress is both possible and necessary.

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

« L’essentiel de mon travail consiste à pratiquer des accouchements. Dans notre centre médical, on assiste en moyenne à 120 accouchements par mois, parmi lesquels on compte deux ou trois décès. Nous faisons cependant tout notre possible pour éviter qu’une telle situation ne se produise. » déclare Fatmata Condé, qui poursuit ses études de sage-femme dans la localité de Donka en Guinée. Elle a été formée par ONU Femmes à la prise en charge des complications liées à la violence, durant la grossesse et l’accouchement.

Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 107
Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund

Summary

The present report, which covers the activities of the Peacebuilding Fund for the period from January to December 2012, is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 63/282, which requested the Secretary-General to submit an annual report on the operation and activities of the Fund.