"FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION - FAO"

With its key location along main international shipping routes and 3,300 kilometres of coastline, Somalia’s potential as a key maritime player came to the fore recently as it marked World Maritime Day. UNSOM

Battles have been won in fighting the Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa, but the campaign is not over yet. FAO

Conflict zone populations face gravest threat of hunger amid COVID-19, aid experts tell Security Council, warning food insecurity worldwide expected to double by year’s end.

Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock said, “starvation as a method of warfare is prohibited, as is the destruction of objects that are indispensable to civilians’ survival,” but “the problem is that too many people don’t comply with the law.” UNIFEED

Weakest, most fragile states will be those worst affected by COVID-19 in medium, long term, humanitarian chief tells Security Council.

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

The livelihood of agro-pastoralists in Turkana County in Kenya has been greatly affected by the ongoing desert locust infestation, where up to twenty percent of crops were damaged in areas where the pest was present. FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO) launched a massive control operation to curb the spread of desert locusts and mitigate the impact on food security and livelihoods in Kenya. FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is fighting the ongoing infestations of Desert Locusts in East Africa where the locust situation remains a threat to people’s livelihood and food security. FAO

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