"AFRICA"

“We cannot accept mass hunger and starvation in the twenty-first century,” UN Chief said, addressing the G7 Ministerial Conference on Global Food Security. UNIFEED

The World Food Programme is launching Five Calls to Action to address today’s record-high humanitarian needs as leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, and UK prepare to meet, with ending conflict high on the agenda. WFP

Prevention crucial in upholding principle of responsibility to protect children, youth, speakers tell General Assembly.

Concluding humanitarian affairs segment, Economic and Social Council adopts text on increasing coordination of United Nations emergency humanitarian assistance.

Prevention crucial in upholding principle of responsibility to protect children, youth, speakers tell General Assembly.

Concluding humanitarian affairs segment, Economic and Social Council adopts text on increasing coordination of United Nations emergency humanitarian assistance.

Almost 8 million children under 5 in 15 crisis-hit countries are at risk of death from severe wasting unless they receive immediate therapeutic food and care – with the number rising by the minute, UNICEF warned today as world leaders prepare to meet at the G7 summit. UNICEF

World Bank Group President David Malpass and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power highlighted the importance of responding to the interlocking crises facing developing countries, including through support to countries facing a food crisis. WORLD BANK

Reaching people in times of conflict, strengthening international law focus, as Economic and Social Council continues its humanitarian affairs segment.

After witnessing the sweeping consequences of drought during a joint visit with Somalia’s drought envoy on Monday (20 Jun), the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for the Horn of Africa country called for a major scale-up in resources to prevent famine. UNSOM