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Women displaced from the Jebel Marra area in Darfur standing next to their temporary shelter in Tawilla, North Darfur.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a €1 million contribution from Belgium to support 180,000 of the most vulnerable non-refugee Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank on Jan 11.

Conférence épiscopale nationale du Congo (CENCO) leads mediation at the signing on 31 December 2016 of a political agreement on the holding of elections in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Migrant and asylum-seeker camp on the Greek island of Lesvos covered in snow as icy temperatures and heavy snowstorms affect region.

Families flee their homes in Mosul, Iraq, heading for an army outpost in the Samah neighbourhood where they will be taken away from the heavy fighting engulfing the city.

Before the New Year, some of the most vulnerable refugees in Turkey received EU cash assistance to help cover their basic needs. WFP is working with the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) to reach one million people through the Emergency Social Safety Net programme, helping refugees to recover a sense of normality.

António Guterres (centre) makes his first address to the Security Council as Secretary-General, on the issue of conflict prevention and sustaining peace. At right is Margot Wallström of Sweden, President of the Council for the month of January.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)welcomed senior UK officials to a new cash assistance programme in Nyala’s Otash Camp in South Darfur on Jan 09. The programme, funded by UK aid from the government of the United Kingdom, is currently providing unrestricted cash assistance to 75,000 displaced people, offering them choice and freedom to prioritize their needs.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has recognized the Government of Belgium’s substantial contributions in 2016, a year in which the Belgian Development Cooperation (DGCD) has donated more than €28 million to WFP projects reaching nearly 8 million people in eight countries.