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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the attack on the UN camp and the French operation Barkhane’s camp in Timbuktu, Mali and recalled that “attacks targeting peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law.” UNIFEED / FILE

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF today issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first two years would save the lives of more than 820,000 children under age 5 annually. UNIFEED / FILE

Thanks to a programme implemented by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), a Cambodian was able to escape from poverty by growing organic produce in a sustainable way. FAO

Speaking at the opening of the International Symposium on Agroecology, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) José Graziano da Silva said, “We need to promote a transformative change in the way we produce and consume food. We need to put forward sustainable food systems that offer health and nutritious food, and also preserve the environment,” adding that agroecology can offer several contributions to this process. FAO

As military operations and displacement of civilians continue in Syria, UN humanitarian agencies provided an update on the desperate situations of many, including children, in Idlib, Eastern Ghouta and the northern district of Afrin. UNTV CH

Around 124 million people in 51 countries faced food insecurity in 2017 -11 million more people than the year before — according to a new Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report. FAO

The United Nations (UN) urgently appealed to all parties to the conflict in Syria to ensure that humanitarian workers have access to those tens of thousands of people from Eastern Ghouta and Afrin that are facing harrowing humanitarian conditions. UNTV CH

The World Food Programme (WFP) reported that in three conflict-affected northeastern states of Nigeria the situation for extremely vulnerable families, while still very fragile, has improved in the past six months due to sustained humanitarian assistance. WFP, however, remains concerned about the situation for families in areas that humanitarian assistance remains inaccessible due to insecurity. WFP

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said over half a million people are affected in Papua New Guinea (PNG) after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit the country on 26 February this year. UNICEF

More than 7 million people in South Sudan – almost two-thirds of the population – could become severely food insecure in the coming months without sustained humanitarian assistance and access, the United Nations warned. WFP