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Fall out of COVID-19 severely affects food security of migrants in South America
Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to register an alarming 269 percent rise in the number of people facing severe food insecurity when compared to 2019 – the highest relative increase globally. Nearly 16 million people1 which includes 1.9 million Venezuelan migrants will this year face a critical situation that warrants urgent attention.
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Germany contributes US$10 million to support smallholder farmers affected by climate change in Zambia
“Addressing multiple vulnerabilities driven by conflict, climate change and the current COVID-19 health crisis requires joined efforts,” said Mr Achim Burkart, Germany’s Ambassador to Zambia. “We hope that this funding can support WFP, the Government and its partners in building more resilient communities.”
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Yemen oil tanker wreck: Time running out to avert ‘looming environmental, economic and humanitarian catastrophe’
UN teams from the UNMHA mission in the crucial Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, close to where the stricken oil tanker FSO Safer, lies offshore, threatening an environmental disaster.
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‘Turn the tide’ across a turbulent world, UN chief urges key development forum
Development workers hand over relief aid to a woman amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Cities and local government must focus on well-being of people in developing countries
A people-centred focus on the well-being of those in developing countries, such as Burkina Faso, must be applied in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition.
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Rising global temperature shows ‘enormous challenge’ of meeting climate goal
An 11-year-old boy finds relief from the summer heat by playing in a fountain in a historic part of the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
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UN agencies welcome latest relocations of unaccompanied children from Greece, call for further action and solidarity
IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund welcomed the latest relocations of 49 unaccompanied asylum-seeking and migrant children from Greece to Portugal and Finland on July 08, 2020.
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Protecting migrant workers in Kuwait: a Resident Coordinator’s blog
A man prepares tea in a coffee shop in Kuwait.
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COVID-19: EU Humanitarian Air Bridge helps deliver over 50 tonnes of UNICEF supplies for vulnerable children and families
A UNICEF shipment of 3.7 cubic metres of vital health supplies lands in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on a flight organised by the European Union (EU) to transport vital humanitarian supplies and other supplies to support the COVID-19 response.
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Human Rights
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Declaration of World Day of the Power of Hope Endorsed by People in 158 Nations
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020