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António Guterres of Portugal.

On 1 December, displaced children pick up boxes of winter clothing at a UNICEF-supported distribution on Sinjar Mountain in Ninewa Governorate, Iraq.

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR), alongside other humanitarian agencies in Aleppo, is delivering a comprehensive response to meet the needs of the newly displaced from the Eastern part of Aleppo.

Parliament´s rapporteur for the proposal, Agustín Díaz de Mera (EPP, ES), noted that “the changes agreed provide flexibility for the rapid activation of the suspension mechanism”. He also underlined that the deal “will facilitate the immediate consideration of the two visa liberalization proposals for Georgia and Ukraine.”

On 10 October 2016 in Jérémie, Haiti, a toddler rests near collapsed homes on top of a hill.

A girl crosses a street in the city of Sirte, Libya. Much of the city was destroyed during weeks of fighting there.

A three-day simulation exercise (SIMEX) on early warning, emergency preparedness, response and capacity building for natural disasters concluded in Kathmandu on Dec 08. The exercise was organized by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA).

WFP welcomed a contribution of JPY 300 million (US$ 2.8 million) made by the Government of Japan to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to help reduce food insecurity and undernutrition and increase resilience among the most vulnerable communities in Myanmar on Dec 07.

Income inequality and a rising rural-urban divide compounded by political instability, are the most challenging issues in the Near East and North Africa, says a new report to be presented in Tunis on Dec 08 by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Boosting the role of agriculture is vital to tackling poverty and inequality and for fostering economic development in rural areas, the report adds.

Lord Bates, the newly appointed Minister of State for the Department for International Development (DfID) and Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), will give keynote speeches this month, at an event hosted by the University of Warwick in its new London office.