"HUNGER"

Top United Nations political and humanitarian officials painted a dire situation in Yemen as they called for renewed efforts to end the 4-year-long conflict. UNIFEED

The World Food Programme said it was scaling up its deliveries of monthly food assistance to reach a total of more than 800,000 people across northwest Syria, including those recently displaced from Idlib and northern Hama. WFP

Briefing by Eri Kaneko, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

On a two-day visit to Colombia, UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie went to Colombia’s border area with Venezuela to assess the humanitarian response to the exodus of Venezuelan refugees and migrants. UNHCR

The United Nations General Assembly elected Nigerian Ambassador Tijjani Mohammad Bande to preside its upcoming session. Agenda 2030 with focus on peace and security, poverty eradication, climate action and inclusion are among the major priorities of his presidency. UNIFEED

Amid the world’s largest humanitarian crisis still unfolding in Yemen, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has gained access to the rebel-held northern district of Nihm, for the first time since the war between Houthis and the Saudi-backed Government coalition escalated in 2015. UNTV CH

Family farmers, who are on the frontline of global efforts to fight undernourishment and other forms of malnutrition and to promote healthy eating, require stronger support amid rising hunger and obesity around the world, the President of the UN General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, said in Rome yesterday. FAO

Marking World Bee Day at UN Headquarters in New York, Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, warned that “the decline and disappearance of bees and wild insects would have drastic consequences for global ecosystems and human well-being.” UNIFEED

The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday (15 May) concluded a joint visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) with a call for greater investment in nutrition. FAO

Press Briefing sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations entitled, “A Vision for Modernizing the Fight Against Hunger.”