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“Reducing food loss and waste represents a triple win opportunity with immediate positive impact on food security, climate benefits, and increased availability of nutritious food while improving the overall sustainability of agrifood systems,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said. FAO

The UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Geir Pedersen said that there is a path forward for the Syrian conflict, but if it is not taken, “it goes against the common interests of the international community for stability and progress in Syria.” UNIFEED

Rafael Grossi is reappointed for a second four-year term as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). IAEA

Cutting food loss and waste while increasing income — this has proven possible in Thailand, thanks to some simple technical innovations in the processing of germinated brown rice. FAO

The first-ever Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation will be hosted in Rome by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 25 to 27 September 2023. FAO

World leaders approved a new Political Declaration on “Universal Health Coverage (UHC): expanding our ambition for health and well-being in a post-COVID world”. UNIFEED

A deadly combination of a suspected measles outbreak and high malnutrition have led to the deaths of 1,200 refugee children under five in Sudan’s White Nile State while many thousands more, including newborns, are at risk of death before year-end, warned UN humanitarians. UNTV CH

The Assistant Director-General for Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, at the World Health Organization (WHO), Samira Asma, said progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) “has slowed down to a near halt,” and “more than half of the world's population, were not fully covered by essential health services in 2021.” UNIFEED

Press briefing by Dr. Bruce Aylward, Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage, Life Course, World Health Organization (WHO); Dr Samira Asma, Assistant Director-General, Data, Analytics and Delivery, WHO; Dr Juan Pablo Uribe, Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank.

Right now, in Afghanistan, over 15 million people are struggling to put food on their plates and the World Food Programme (WFP) can only support 3 million of them from now on due to a massive funding shortfall. WFP