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COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD FAO assesses that globally 45 countries, including 34 in Africa and 9 in Asia, are in need of external assistance for food. Conflicts and...

Overview In March, the US will have the presidency of the Security Council. At press time, it appeared that all meetings would be held virtually. The US has chosen to hold a high-level open debate...

L’aperçu de la situation humanitaire mondiale (GHO) pour 2021 a été lancé le 1er décembre 2020 pour aider 160 millions des 235 millions de personnes les plus vulnérables qui sont confrontées à la...

COVID-19 AND THE HUMANITARIAN LANDSCAPE 2020 was a year like no other. Amidst on-going humanitarian crises, largely fuelled by conflict and violence but also driven by the effects of climate change –...

Highlights Since January 2020, UNICEF operated with a limited number of international staff on the ground and by December all international staff had temporarily exited the country due to continued...

Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals finalized under favourable conditions while second season cereals have been harvested with reduced outputs in areas impacted by...

Korean 한국어 (Word) GENEVA (2 February 2021) – Seven years on from a landmark UN investigation into human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), there are reasonable grounds to...

Overview In February, the UK will have the presidency of the Security Council. Its signature events will focus on climate change and COVID-19. The high-level meeting on security risks in...

Human Rights Council Forty-sixth session 22 February–19 March 2021 Agenda items 2 and 4 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High...

Regional Situation With over 10.5 million confirmed cases, India continues to have the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the region and the second highest globally. Whereas transmission has reduced...