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Afghanistan is facing spiraling levels of food insecurity and malnutrition due to the triple threat of conflict, COVID-19 and the effects of climate change. WFP

Ahead of the 2020 G20 Riyadh summit, Secretary-General António Guterres issued an "SOS for the needs of developing countries,” for COVID-19 recovery, as they face “the precipice of financial ruin and escalating poverty, hunger and untold suffering.” UNIFEED

Millions of people in Central America urgently need food assistance in the wake of Hurricane Eta, one of the worst storms in decades, as fears grow of another storm brewing in the coming days. WFP

Secretary-General António Guterres said the COVID-19 pandemic “has pushed us towards one of the worst recessions in modern times, which is having a devastating effect on the most vulnerable countries and peoples,” but added that within this crisis lies an opportunity "to embark on a path to revive economies, ensure gender equality, protect our planet and achieve the SDGs by 2030.” UNIFEED

Less than two per cent of climate finance goes to small-scale farmers in developing countries according a new report out today by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). IFAD

The global COVID-19 pandemic is making life much harder for millions of migrants and is expected to increase their number, two United Nations agencies said in a report published jointly on Tuesday. UNTV CH

Opening the 73rd annual session of the World Health Assembly, the WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said, "It’s time for the world to heal – from the ravages of this pandemic, and the geopolitical divisions that only drive us further into the chasm of an unhealthier, un-safer and unfairer future.” WHO

The COVID-19 pandemic could almost double the number of people suffering acute hunger, pushing it to more than a quarter of a billion by the end of 2020, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today as it and other partners released a new report on food crises around the world. WFP

People in four food insecurity “hotspots” in parts of Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen need help urgently to avoid sliding into famine, UN humanitarians said on Friday. UNTV CH

One in five children under five in parts of Yemen are estimated to be acutely malnourished and in urgent need of treatment as malnutrition cases increase across the south, UN agencies warn. WFP