"FARMING"

The number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years – with millions more at risk due to the impacts of COVID-19, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF. ILO

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through a data-driven process called Anticipatory Action, systematically links early warnings to actions designed to protect families and their assets ahead of a natural disaster. FAO

After a government decision to close all camps for internally displaced in Iraq, in November 2020, many Iraqis were forced to go back to destroyed villages and damaged homes. UNHCR and partners are paving the main road to connect the village with lifesaving services and rebuilt these classrooms so the residents may begin a new chapter of life. UNHCR

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowwcock told the Security Council, “accountability for violations must be systematic and universal, because what is not punished is encouraged,” adding that “we have the laws and the tools to protect civilians from harm in armed conflicts. It’s time that all States and parties to conflict apply them.” UNIFEED

International organizations have come together to launch a new One Health High-Level Expert Panel to improve understanding of how diseases with the potential to trigger pandemics, emerge and spread. WHO

In one of Bangladesh’s poorest districts, which hosts some 900,000 Rohingya refugees, UNHCR is offering support to local farmers who often struggle to make ends meet, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNHCR

In his keynote speech at a high-level climate gathering in Petersberg, Germany Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concern about the “lack of progress on adaptation” and said, “the success of COP26 rests on achieving a breakthrough on adaptation and finance.” UNIFEED

Mounting numbers of people face acute hunger and require urgent life-saving assistance, with number acutely hungry people in countries hit by food crises reaching in 2020 the highest level in five years, an annual report launched by an international alliance of UN, governmental and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises together has found. FAO

Security Council strongly condemns attacks against critical civilian infrastructure, unanimously adopting resolution 2573 (2021).

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council, “we need to continue to leverage political dialogue, sanctions and arms transfer decisions to ensure respect for the law and the protection of civilians and the objects they depend on to survive.” UNIFEED