KEY MESSAGES • Overall, international food prices remained relatively stable in May, decreasing only slightly from their levels in April. World prices are likely to remain high and volatile. • On 23 June G20 agriculture ministers agreed an Agriculture Ministerial Declaration and Action Plan on...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
World
News and Press ReleaseGlobal Food Security Update (July 2011)
Mexico + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseREDLAC Nota Semanal sobre Emergencias América Latina & El Caribe, Año 4 - Volumen 215
DESTACADOS: MÉXICO: La Tormenta Tropical Arlene deja 21 muertos y más de 300,000 HONDURAS: Son 20,000 las personas afectadas por las inundaciones en Valle. PERÚ: Más de 65,000 personas afectadas por...
Mexico + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseREDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies Latin America and Carribean, Year 4 - Volume 215
HIGHLIGHTS: MEXICO: Tropical Storm Arlene kills 21 and leaves more than 300,000 affected. HONDURAS: 20,000 people affected by the floods in Valle. PERU: More than 65,000 people affected by the cold...
Libya
News and Press ReleaseUN conducts first inter-agency mission in the Nafusa Mountains
(The Nafusa Mountains, Libya /New York, 1 July 2011): The United Nations today concluded its first inter-agency mission inside the Nafusa Mountains in Libya. The UN team visited the towns of Wazin and Nalut on Thursday and Jadu and Zintan on Friday. The mission looked primarily into issues of safety...
CAR + 6 more
News and Press ReleaseLe Fonds Central d’Intervention d’Urgences des Nations Unies (CERF) - Bulletin # 3 Avril / Juin 2011
Près de $ 7 millions alloués au second trimestre 2011 pour la réponse d’urgence au Tchad et au Niger Depuis début 2011, le CERF a octroyé près de $ 37millions à l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre Au...
Zimbabwe
News and Press ReleaseEmergency Response Fund (ERF) Zimbabwe Update, June 2011
ERF News: The ERF Board will meet on 22 June 2011 to review pro-jects that have been recommended by clusters for possi-ble funding. Projects to be submitted to the Board include a health intervention...
CAR + 6 more
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) - Bulletin # 3 - April / June 2011
Nearly $7 million allocated in the 2011 second quarter for the emergency response in Chad and Niger Since early 2011, the CERF has allocated $37 million to West and Central Africa During the second...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseUpdate on Humanitarian Response South Regions and Mogadishu - January-June 2011 [EN/AR]
Food Assistance • 300,000 people were reached in Mogadishu basis with food assistance on a monthly including providing more than 85,000 cooked meals from 20 kitchen sites daily. Nutrition •...
Somalia
News and Press ReleasePress Conference by UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, 29 June 2011
With malnutrition rates in Somalia approaching emergency proportions, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the East African country today sounded the alarm about the effects...
Libya + 1 more
News and Press Release3.7 millions de dollars USD alloués au Niger pour des projets d’assistance d’urgence aux migrants de retour de la Libye
(Niamey 22 Juin 2011) - Le Fonds Central de Réponses aux Urgences du système des Nations Unies (CERF) octroie 3 746 548 dollars américains (USD), soit un équivalent de 1 725 217 916, 136 FCFA au...