"DAVID BEASLEY"

The World Food Programme (WFP) said the number of hungry people in Central America has nearly quadrupled over two years. Devastating hurricanes compounded economic shocks caused by COVID-19 left millions without an income and many planning to migrate. WFP

Virtual Press Conference by David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP), on his recent trip to Yemen.

The head of the World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley said it is time to end the war in Yemen and allow the Yemeni people to “move on with their lives” adding that the country is facing “the worst humanitarian crisis on Earth, period.” UNIFEED

Already up 20 per cent, acute hunger driven by conflict, instability risks increasing further due to climate change, COVID-19, Secretary-General warns Security Council.

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

Conflict drives hunger, and when that turns to famine, then hunger and famine drive conflict, the UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that “if you don’t feed people, you feed conflict”. UNIFEED

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

The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme(WFP) issued an urgent plea for peace in Yemen and called for funding to help the most vulnerable hungry families as he wrapped up a two-day visit to the country where the worst famine the world has seen in modern history is now looming. WFP

In a statement read by UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the outcome of today’s High-Level Pledging Event is disappointing adding that cutting aid to Yemenis is a “death sentence.” UNIFEED

South Sudan is facing the highest levels of food insecurity since the country declared independence ten years ago, WITH Hard-to-reach areas in six counties at “risk of famine”, according to the Famine Review Committee’s report released in December 2020. WFP