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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced a massive rise in the number of hungry people it plans to assist around the world, as the devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic push millions more people into food insecurity in low- and middle-income countries. WFP

In a visit to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the head of the European delegation to the country said the EU continues to support “all aspects of UNIFIL’s work” and stressed that its “deployment alongside the Lebanese Armed Forces is crucial to maintaining stability in Lebanon and along the Lebanese shores." UNIFIL

Coronavirus (COVID-19) may push an additional ten million of the world’s children into acute malnutrition. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that the number of young children suffering from this life-threatening form of undernutrition could increase by 20 percent as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. WFP

UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said it is “deeply concerned about recent reports of failure to assist and also coordinated pushbacks of migrant boats in the central Mediterranean,” one of “the deadliest migration routes in the world.” UNTV CH

A silent hunger pandemic is poised to sweep across the world, according to the World Food Programme (WFP), with analysis showing that almost a quarter of a billion people could be pushed into severe hunger in 2020 by the fallout from COVID-19. WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) kick-started a network of global logistics hubs that will support the entire aid community and ensure the delivery of vital medical and humanitarian supplies to developing countries at a time when commercial air transport is at a virtual standstill. WFP

Disproportionately affected youth must be central to COVID-19 pandemic recovery plans, experts tell Security Council, stressing their key role as game-changers.

Heads of state and global health leaders today made an unprecedented commitment to work together to accelerate the development and production of new vaccines, tests and treatments for COVID-19 and assure equitable access worldwide. WHO

With each doll she makes, Kituza finds healing from the brutal assault she survived in her home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UNHCR

Responding to COVID-19, the World Food Programme (WFP) is ensuring its equipment and staff can rapidly reach the areas where they are most needed. Using its proven expertise in this field, WFP is expanding its common logistics services to support the global humanitarian and health response. WFP