"WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP"

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) delivered desperately needed food to more than 120,000 people in Gaza during the initial pause in fighting but reiterated that the supplies it was able to provide were woefully inadequate to address the level of hunger seen by staff in the UN shelters and communities. WFP

Thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan are crossing back into Afghanistan after the Government of Pakistan’s announcement that all undocumented Afghans must leave the country by 1 November. WFP

Chad is host to more than one million refugees - one of the largest and fastest-growing refugee populations in Africa. The recent conflict in neighbouring Sudan has driven hundreds of thousands more across the border. WFP

A top UN official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas said, “Amidst global challenges and crises, the international community must sustain its focus on Ukraine and end the suffering caused by this war.” UNIFEED

Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.

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

A World Food Program spokesperson said that nearly the entire population of Gaza now needs food assistance. UNIFEED

Press conference by Juliette Touma, Director of Communications, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and Abeer Etefa, World Food Programme (WFP) Senior Spokeswoman for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe. They briefed reporters virtually on the situation in the region.

With only ten percent of necessary food supplies entering Gaza since the beginning of the conflict, people now face a massive food gap and widespread hunger as nearly the entire population is in desperate need of food assistance, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned today. WFP

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.