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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director-General , Qu Dongyu, urged countries in the Mediterranean to work together to mitigate food security risks that have been further exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. FAO

The UN Refugee Agency said that more than 3,000 people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Central and Western Mediterranean and Atlantic last year to Europe. UNIFEED / FILE

Following the latest rescue operations of migrants to Italy by Charity Ships in the Central Mediterranean, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned today of mounting refugee and migrant deaths in the Central Mediterranean with a 170 per cent increase of sea arrivals in Italy in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. UNTV CH

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) launched a USD 100 million appeal Wednesday to drive its 2021 strategic plan for refugee protection in African countries en route to the Mediterranean, citing the deaths of no less than 1,064 people in the Central and Western Mediterranean in 2020 alone. UNHCR

Thousands of refugees and migrants in eastern and western Africa are dying while others face harrowing abuse in their attempts to reach the continent’s Mediterranean coast in search of a better life, a joint UN / Danish Refugee Council (DRC) report said. UNTV CH

UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said it is “deeply concerned about recent reports of failure to assist and also coordinated pushbacks of migrant boats in the central Mediterranean,” one of “the deadliest migration routes in the world.” UNTV CH

Mohamed Daood was flown from detention in Libya to safety in Rwanda by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Coming to terms with the fact that he was safe, he called home and reassured relatives who had feared the worst. UNHCR

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said the fiscal cost of the Israeli occupation for the Palestinian people between 2000 and to 2017 is estimated at 47.7 billion USD, three times the size of the Palestinian economy in 2017 and it continues to rise. UNIFEED

In the wake of the latest tragedy where some 40 people have believed to drown of the coast of Libya, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, called for “a drastic shift” in the approach to search and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean. UNHCR

A move by Italian lawmakers to impose fines of up to one million Euros on vessels and organizations carrying out search and rescue operations off the country’s coastline sparked a new warning on Tuesday from the UN that the measure risks deterring future lifesaving efforts in the Mediterranean Sea. UNTV CH