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Retired WFP staff member Tun Myat (right) meets the Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed at an airstrip in Bardera, Somalia in September 1992.
Tun Myat

FROM THE FIELD: Warlords and warehouses; reflections of retired Myanmar WFP staffer

26 December 2020
Humanitarian Aid

Negotiating with warlords in Somalia and rebels in the South Sudanese bush, and salvaging food from the chaos of the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, was once routine for a retired staff member of the World Food Programme (WFP) from Myanmar.

Displaced victims of the West Java tsunami in Indonesia collect World Food Programme (WFP) food aid.
WFP/Barry Came

Rising hunger, ‘an outrage in a world of plenty’: Guterres

16 November 2020
Humanitarian Aid

“Hunger is an outrage in a world of plenty”, the UN chief told the governing body of the Organization’s food agency on Monday, highlighting the important role of food security in cementing peace. 
 

A woman whose baby was stillborn after a 10-hour labour sleeps in the maternity ward of a hospital in Sierra Leone.
© UNICEF/Olivier Asselin

News in Brief 8 October 2020

8 October 2020
News in Brief
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A woman carries sacks of seeds distributed to families in South Sudan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
FAO/Mayak Akuot

Act now to avert COVID-19 global food emergency: Guterres

9 June 2020
Health

Although the COVID-19 pandemic could push nearly 50 million more people into extreme poverty, this and other dire impacts of the crisis can be avoided if countries act immediately to shore up global food security, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday.

Friends visiting Croatia share a fresh pizza in Makarska, illustrating the importance of food safely to tourism and economic prosperity.
© Eric Ganz

World Food Safety Day: From planting to your plate, everyone has a role to play

7 June 2020
Health

Eating contaminated food has caused an estimated 600 million people in the world, or almost one-in-ten individuals, to fall ill – 420,000 of whom die every year, two UN specialized agencies highlighted on Sunday, World Food Safety Day.

Mayra Monge has dedicated much of her life to researching and planting native trees in the verdant biodiverse powerhouse of Costa Rica.
UNDP

Biodiversity ‘fundamental’ for global food systems, at “heart’ of development – UN agriculture chief

24 February 2020
SDGs

Because the production of everything we eat transforms the environment, the United Nations agriculture chief told a high-level UN meeting on biodiversity that careful discussions are needed to decide on the scale of acceptable transformations.