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NEW YORK –   Madam President, Secretary General, I hope that someday I can appear at the Security Council and give you some good news and this is not one of those days of good news.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is working to assist more than 50,000 people affected by the deadly violence in Palma, a town in Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado region.  “It’s a real humanitarian catastrophe,” says Lola Castro, WFP's Regional Director in Southern Africa, “people are heading all over the place — by boat, on foot, by road.” WFP is distributin

Cabo Delgado has been in the headlines all year, as escalating insecurity leaves a trail of fear and destruction, forcing people to flee for their lives. The crisis has intensified dramatically since the beginning of 2020; over 2,500 civilians have been killed, and almost 700,000 people are now displaced.

WFP used the funds to purchase 5,076 tons of wheat flour from Russia.

WFP’s support to food insecure people is provided thanks to the financial support of the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Government of France, and Government of Flanders.  WFP will provide monthly cash transfers from April to June to the displaced population who has already registered on the Governme

“The continued fragility in Yemen, compounded by the persistent driving factors of food insecurity has left Yemen acutely vulnerable to worsening levels of hunger – and famine conditions,” said Laurent Bukera, WFP Country Director for Yemen.

The combined effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest that followed February’s military takeover are placing huge pressures on Myanmar’s economy. Amid a rise in unemployment and food prices, the most vulnerable sections of the country’s population are suffering most. Armed clashes have displaced more than 200,000 people. The World Food Programme in Myanmar is scaling up

According to the SMART nutrition survey conducted in 2019 and 2020, the Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate remains low showing that investments in nutrition are paying off. However, stunting prevalence—a sign of chronic malnutrition—remains high at 37 percent.