"FOOD SUPPLY"

Five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful trans fat, a new status report from the World Health Organization (WHO) has found, increasing their risk of heart disease and death. WHO

A joint mission to Ethiopia by Education Cannot Wait and Norway International Development Minister brings attention to one of the world’s largest education crises that has left 3.6 million children out of school. ECW

The measure of changes in world food commodity prices remained largely steady in November, with declining international prices of cereals, meat and dairy products offsetting increasing quotations for vegetable oils and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General issued a statement warmly welcoming Russia’s decision to resume its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has allowed nearly ten million metric tonnes of vital foodstuffs to be shipped from Ukraine. UNIFEED

Ukraine’s immediate fate important to world, delegate tells Security Council, calling for cessation of war.

Answering questions to reporters in Ukraine’s Odesa port on Friday, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “The International agency of Atomic Energy is an autonomous agency that has a very clear mandate and that has a board. So, it is for the IAEA to decide how and when and how to develop an inspection or a visit or a presence in Zaporizhzhia.” OCHA

UN Secretary-General António Guterres held a press conference Thursday in Lviv, Ukraine, along with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. OCHA

The first maritime shipment of Ukrainian wheat grain for humanitarian operations run by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) left Ukraine’s Yuzhny (Pivdennyi) Port, another important milestone in efforts to get much needed Ukrainian grain out of the conflict-hit country, back into global markets, and to countries worst affected by the global food crisis. WFP

Encouraged by truce extension in Yemen, Special Envoy highlights goal of expanded accord leading to durable ceasefire, as he briefs Security Council.

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