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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a €1.4 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to support 94,000 vulnerable Swazi households for 12 Months on August 27, 2020.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a new contribution of €800,000 from the European Union (EU). This funding will help provide food assistance to the most food insecure refugees and asylum seekers in Malawi, who have been particularly hit by the economic consequences of COVID-19.

UNICEF has been able to deliver 18 shipments of critical humanitarian supplies, totalling 67 tons, through two airlifts and commercial cargo routes to support children and families affected by the Beirut explosions earlier this month. The shipments included vital personal protective equipment (PPE), medical, health hygiene and nutrition supplies.

August 2020 marks three years on from the last exodus of Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar and sought sanctuary in Bangladesh.

“We have an update on the ongoing assessments and response work in Beirut.

Workers offloading flour at a WFP warehouse in Kaya, north of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Al Hol camp is home to more than 70,000 people of which more than 90 per cent are women and children. Iraqis and Syrians constitute more than 80% of the population.

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of the Republic of Mali, addresses the general debate of the 74th session General Assembly.

Digital connectivity is indispensable to overcome the pandemic, and for a sustainable and inclusive recovery.