"FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION - FAO"

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The United Nations’ support to Jubaland in areas ranging from primary health and wellbeing to economic empowerment and protection of the most vulnerable were among the topics covered today by a high-level delegation to the southern Federal Member State. UNSOM

In HirShabelle, the United Nations envoy to Somalia today welcomed recent developments related to the impasse currently being experienced with the country’s national elections. UNSOM

Press Conference by Dominique Burgeon, Director of Emergencies and Resilience, FAO; Keith Cressman, Senior Locust Forecasting Officer, FAO; and Cyril Ferrand, FAO Resilience team leader for Eastern Africa: on the current desert locust situation and FAO’s response.

A senior official at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said significant progress has been made in the combat against Desert Locust in the Horn of Africa but stressed that “we should not be complacent” as the threat persists. UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A new generation of Desert Locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts to control the pest throughout 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today. FAO

Mountains host about half of the global biodiversity hotspots and are home to a growing number of the world’s hungriest people, according to a new study launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners to mark International Mountain Day 2020. FAO

The 2020 CERF (Central Emergency Response Fund) High-level Pledging Event brings together senior representatives from UN Member States and Observers, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, foundations and the private sector to express their commitments to the Fund and announce pledges for 2021.