"DISASTER RELIEF"

In-person press briefing by Ambassador Taher El-Sonni, Permanent Representative of the State of Libya to the United Nations on the situation of floods in Libya, as a result of Cyclone Daniel , 9-11 September, 2023. The Press Conference is held in both English and Arabic.

Following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said the priority is “rescuing people from those places,” and providing emergency relief, while the humanitarian, economic and environmental consequences, will also have to be addressed in the next phases of the operation. UNIFEED

Disaster risk reduction - Item 18 (c): High-level meeting on the midterm review of the Sendai Framework

According to the World Food Programme, cyclone Mocha, the strongest storm to strike the Bay of Bengal in over a decade, has wreaked havoc on millions of vulnerable people, particularly in Myanmar. WFP

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Florence Bauer, said the needs in earthquake affected areas in Türkiye are, “tremendous,” and noted that “it's women and girls that are always the most affected.” UNIFEED

The World Food Programme has stepped up its emergency response to support victims of the devastating earthquake in Syria and Türkiye, providing emergency food assistance to nearly two million quake-affected people in the two countries through hot meals, emergency ready-to-eat food packages, and family food rations. WFP