"INVESTMENTS"

The World Health Organization and partners managed to reach Al-Shifa — once the backbone of the health system in Gaza. WHO

To mitigate climate shocks and improve food security, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) over the last two years has supported communities in Afghanistan through cash-for-work programmes in building water management infrastructures. FAO

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the devastating Israeli airstrikes that killed World Central Kitchen personnel bring the number of aid workers killed in this conflict to 196, is "unconscionable.” He reiterated that the Security Council resolution “must be implemented without delay.” UNIFEED

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first and second reviews of Egypt’s Extended Fund Facility arrangement on Friday, and approved an augmentation of the original program by about US$5 billion. IMF

Bintou Keita, Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said, “In eastern DRC, we are witnessing an intensification of the fighting and the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation.” UNIFEED

Presenting the Secretary-General’s latest report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the Head of the United Nations Mission in the country told the Security Council that the security situation in Eastern DRC “further deteriorated” since the end of the December elections, with the M23 rebel group “marking significant advances and expanding its territory to unprecedented levels.” UNIFEED

In a press conference today (21 Mar), World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “WHO’s Member States are meeting to negotiate a historic, legally binding agreement to protect future generations from the impacts of pandemics. There is much agreement between Member States on the objectives of the agreement. Now they need to agree on how to achieve those objectives.” WHO

FAO Members in Latin America and the Caribbean discuss how to reduce hunger and inequality in world’s largest agrifood exporting region. FAO

With nearly 7 million people – or two out of every five people – in need of life-saving assistance in Somalia this year, and 1.7 million children likely to suffer from acute malnutrition, the deputy heads of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations visited the country to urge continued global support for Somalis suffering the effects of hunger, conflict and climate change. OCHA

The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022, according to the latest estimates released today by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). UNICEF