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The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today called for greater funding for agriculture to ensure there’s available and accessible food in crisis situations, noting that conflict “remains the single greatest driver of hunger.” FAO

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, "over the last week, COVID-19 cases have risen in four out of the six WHO regions. Due to testing and sequencing reducing in many countries, it is increasingly difficult to know where the virus is and how it’s mutating." WHO

Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said, “we are deeply concerned about the likely human rights impact of the first officially reported outbreak of COVID-19 in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and the subsequent lockdown imposed by the authorities.” UNTV CH

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The Head of the World Health Programme (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the WHO has issued an updated appeal for almost 150 million US dollars for Ukraine and refugee-hosting countries, but noted the Organization still faces a funding gap of 100 million US dollars. WHO

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UNITAID advocates for strong support for Africa’s response to the pandemic and welcomes Second Global COVID-19 Summit. UNITAID

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UN meets to help reverse 'precipitous drop' in tourism.