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An average monthly wage in Syria currently covers about a quarter of a family’s food needs, the UN World Food Programme said today, highlighting an urgent need for increased humanitarian assistance as the country grapples with the devastating impact of recent earthquakes and a 12-year-long conflict.

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 Pakistan floods – which inundated a third of the country - claimed over 1,700 lives, uprooted eight million people, and destroyed homes, schools, health facilities, roads, bridges, and other infrastructure.

Yemen is spiraling into a catastrophe as humanitarian funding dries up, forcing the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to scale back food assistance to millions of hungry families, WFP Executive Director David Beasley warned today, as he ended a two-day visit to the conflict-ravaged country.

Building on this year’s theme for World Food Day, “Our actions are our future- Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life,” the UN partners and World Bank’s latest research highlights the impact of lower rainfall on people’s food security.   “The impact of water shortages in Iraq is becoming evident through the lower crop yields for 2021.

Starting today, “Feed Our Future” will air across cinema screens in the UK. The 60-second cinema advertisement was conceived by advertising legend Sir John Hegarty and The Garage Soho. More than half the population are facing acute hunger and 3.2 million children are suffering from malnutrition.

The world in which the World Food Programme (WFP) operates today is characterized by a rise in hunger happening faster than at any previous time in the 21st century.

WFP is on the ground responding to the immediate and longer term food needs of the most vulnerable people across Lebanon. The country has been hit hard by the triple shock of the blast, COVID-19, and the economic crisis, with severe consequences for lives and livelihoods.

WFP will use US$2.25 million from the contribution to continue supporting the national school feeding programme for 180,000 school children across the country by providing canned fish from Japan and other locally produced foods purchased from women and young smallholder farmers. US$ 50,000 will be used to purchase premixed corn and soy flour with micronutrients for the treatment of 2,000 childr