"DISASTER PREPAREDNESS"

Battered by multiple crises in recent years, Haitians who survived the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake are now dealing with crumbled homes, lost livelihoods and limited or no access to food. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is stepping up its ongoing vital support to desperately food-insecure Haitians in the area and working with the Government and partners to extend support to those newly in need. WPF

Informal comments to the media by Gert Auväärt, Deputy Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN and Security Council President for the month of June, on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director to India, Bishow Parajuli, said, despite efforts by the government, the support provided is not enough, particularly for the poorest segments of the population facing job loss and loss of wages. UN NEWS / UNIFEED

In comments to mark 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on 11 March 2011, which left 18,400 people dead or missing, the head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Mami Mizutori told journalists in Geneva that the event had taught harsh lessons about how to manage disaster risk. UNTV CH

Taking Up Second Committee reports, General Assembly adopts 36 resolutions, including text calling for building back better in wake of pandemic.

General Assembly adopts 4 humanitarian aid resolutions, as delegates brace for COVID-19’s broader impact amid threat of famine, economic hardship.

General Assembly adopts 4 humanitarian aid resolutions, as delegates brace for COVID-19’s broader impact amid threat of famine, economic hardship.

Concerned about lasting conflicts, terrorism, sectarian tensions plaguing Persian Gulf, speakers in Security Council stress need for coherent approach to collective security.

Briefing by Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.

Uganda has offered safe haven to thousands of people fleeing escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They have been stranded in a remote, inaccessible area since late May, unable to cross due to a COVID-19 lockdown restricting movement in and out of the country. UNHCR