UNIFEED FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2012
UN / ARGENTINA FALKLANDS ISLANDS (MALVINAS) WRAP
Argentina's foreign minister Héctor Marcos Timerman and the United Kingdom's (UK) Ambassador to the UN Mark Lyall Grant will hold consecutive press conferences at headquarters today to discuss Argentina's submission of a formal complaint with regard to the UK's militarisation of the South Atlantic. UNTV
GENEVA / WFP SOUTH SUDAN
The World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday that time was running out for millions of hungry people in South Sudan. Returnees, poor harvests and ongoing conflict, combined with increasing fuel and food prices has created circumstances in which WFP predicts about "half the population of South Sudan" will be in a situation of severe food insecurity. CH UNTV / WFP
UN / AMOS
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos to brief the Security Council in a closed meeting on her recent trip to South Sudan. UNTV / RECENT
ETHIOPIA / SUDANESE REFUGEES
Zeneib Mussa was living in her husband's village in Sudan's Blue Nile state when it was attacked. She lost three brothers and fled, enduring tremendous hardship on the four-month journey to Ethiopia with her children. UNHCR
REPUBLIC OF CONGO / CHOLERA
In June last year, a cholera outbreak in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo spread across the river into neighboring Republic of Congo. But despite interventions throughout the affected areas, the threat remains. So far over 700 cases of cholera and more than 30 deaths have been reported. The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has now committed $9 million dollars to the cholera response in the DRC. CERF
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UNIFEED SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2012
CAMBODIA / BUDDHIST MONKS HIV CARE
At a Buddhist pagoda in the heart of rural Cambodia, local monks use their spiritual practices to support vulnerable families, especially those affected by HIV and AIDS. UNICEF
COTE D'IVOIRE / AGRICULTURE
After ten years of civil war, farmers in Ivory Coast are taking advantage of the good prospects for security, political stability and making up for lost time. So far over 800 farmers have been trained to grow quality rice seeds, as well as maize, yams and cassava through a project financed by the European Union and managed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). IFAD