
After worst harvest in ten years, 10 million people in DPRK face imminent food shortages UN report finds worryingly low food consumption, limited dietary diversity and families being forced to cut...
After worst harvest in ten years, 10 million people in DPRK face imminent food shortages UN report finds worryingly low food consumption, limited dietary diversity and families being forced to cut...
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Favourable weather conditions at start of 2017/18 winter cropping season Main season cereal production in 2017 estimated at below-average level Cereal import requirements in...
FACTS & FIGURES 18 million food insecure people 10.5 million undernourished people 5.6 million people affected by natural disasters from 2004 to 2015 EU humanitarian funding: €135.6 million since...
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The rise in man-made, protracted emergencies means millions are at risk of starving around the globe this year It’s a difficult new year for the humanitarian system and those reliant on it: a...
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Pays nécessitant une aide alimentaire extérieure Selon les estimations de la FAO, 37 pays ont besoin d’une aide alimentaire extérieure à l’échelle de la planète. La persistance des conflits a...
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Strong cereal harvests are keeping global food supplies buoyant, but localised drought, flooding and protracted conflicts have intensified and perpetuated food insecurity, according to the new...
Highlights Critical funding constraints have forced WFP to exclude 190,000 children from assistance, starting in November 2017. WFP DPR Korea’s operation urgently requires USD 25.5 million for the...
Pyongyang says 70 percent of North Koreans still use the state's central distribution system as their main source of food, the same number of people that the UN estimates are "food insecure SEOUL,...
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Overview Italy will have the presidency in November. It is planning to hold a ministerial-level briefing on the root causes of the security challenges in the Mediterranean and to consider initiatives...
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On Monday 16 October 2017 the Council adopted the EU Annual Report on Human Rights And Democracy in the World in 2016. 2016 was a challenging year for human rights and democracy, with a shrinking...
Note by the Secretary-General The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s...
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Background The Global Early Warning – Early Action (EWEA) report on food security and agriculture is developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The report is part...
The bluster and belligerence between Washington and Pyongyang hide a humanitarian conundrum that must be solved It has been a blisteringly hot summer for North Korea on two fronts. The world has...
Highlights UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) approval for rapid response was confirmed in August. CERF assistance of USD 2.5 million will enable WFP to provide nutrition support to 186,012...
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El informe de la FAO indica un repunte de las cosechas en la mayoría de los países de bajos ingresos con déficit de alimentos 21 de septiembre de 2017, Roma - Las abundantes cosechas en América...
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Le rapport de la FAO souligne la hausse des récoltes dans les pays aux plus faibles revenus et plus importants déficits vivriers 21 septembre 2017, Rome - Selon la dernière édition du rapport de la...
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Conflicts drag down food security amid growing global food output FAO report notes rebounding harvests in most low-income food-deficit countries 21 September 2017, Rome-- Robust harvests in Latin...
Highlights Due to funding constraints, WFP will continue providing reduced rations (66 percent of the standard ration, which is the minimum required for a nutritional impact) through the end of the...
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Ethiopia has the presidency in September. A visiting mission to Addis Ababa is planned in early September for the 11th annual consultative meeting between members of the UN Security Council and...
Highlights The humanitarian situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is characterized by chronic food insecurity and limited access to quality health and water, sanitation and hygiene...