"FOOD SECURITY"

Leaders of the G20 countries must continue to support the smooth functioning of global agri-food systems, which faces ongoing challenges from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said in remarks opening the G20 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting in Florence, Italy. FAO

Press Conference by Richard Kozul-Wright, Director of the Globalization and Development Strategies Division, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2021.

Deteriorating humanitarian situation in South Sudan, rising attacks on aid workers ‘worrying’ Special Representative tells Security Council.

“The clock is very much ticking,” for Afghan farmers to start planting wheat, a crop “simply indispensable in food security terms,” the FAO’s Emergencies and Resilience Director Rein Paulsen said on Tuesday, urging support for the Afghanistan’s agriculture sector. UNIFEED

Press Conference by Rein Paulsen, Director of FAO's Office of Emergencies and Resilience, on the FAO's work in Afghanistan.

The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), operated by the World Food Programme (WFP) on behalf of the humanitarian community, has resumed flights to Kabul, enabling humanitarian workers to reach Afghans. WFP

In an update to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called for "concrete actions" after the Sri Lankan President said the Government was “committed to work with the UN to ensure accountability” and would implement “necessary institutional reforms.” OHCHR

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said the launch of a flash appeal for Afghanistan on Monday is an “opportunity” to describe the needs of the Afghan people to members states and for them to “pledge a partnership with us to meet those needs in very difficult circumstances.” UNTV CH

External actors must encourage de-escalation of Yemen conflict, support country-Led political settlement, Special Envoy stresses in briefing to Security Council.

In Afghanistan, “there is an immediate and pressing need to deliver, on a huge scale, essential humanitarian aid in areas such as health, food security, non-food items, and sanitation,” the top UN official in the country said on Thursday. UNIFEED