"FERTILIZERS"

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

The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined significantly in July, with major cereal and vegetable oil prices recording double-digit percentage declines, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported today. UNIFEED

Press Conference by the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Chief Economist, Maximo Torero, on FAO’s latest Food Price Index.

The first shipment of over 26,000 tons of Ukrainian food under a Black Sea export deal was cleared to proceed today towards its final destination in Lebanon. OCHA

Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the departure of the first ship from the Ukrainian port of Odesa to leave carrying grain under the landmark deal signed by Ukraine, Russia and Türkiye, overseen by the UN. UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, on the first grain shipment from Ukraine.

New deal to resume grain exports through Ukrainian ports ‘beacon of hope’ for easing global food crisis, United Nations political affairs chief tells Security Council.

The Joint Coordination Centre was officially inaugurated in Istanbul to facilitate the implementation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative to establish a humanitarian maritime corridor to allow ships to export grain and related foodstuffs from Ukraine, a UN spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

An “unprecedented agreement” on the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea amid the ongoing war is “a beacon of hope” in a world that desperately needs it, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the signing ceremony in Istanbul, Türkiye. TRT TURKISH BROADCASTING

As conflict grows in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the accumulating death toll and suffering of displaced civilians in brutal attacks is raising serious concerns for the UN Refugee agency, UNHCR, who appealed for fresh funds to meet "soaring needs" in the country. UNTV CH