by | Oct 16, 2020 | External News
Hunger is rising, due to factors including conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which is putting a strain on food systems that are already failing in many countries. In today’s LIVE blog, marking World Food Day, we will look at some of the many issues...
by | Oct 15, 2020 | External News
More than half of the people living in Asia and the Pacific lack any social protection coverage, leaving populations vulnerable to ill-health, poverty, inequality and social exclusion, a new UN report has found.
by | Oct 13, 2020 | External News
The UN Secretary-General has called for solidarity with all people living in poverty, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
by | Oct 12, 2020 | External News
The UN chief António Guterres set out a new plan to transform the world’s food systems on Monday – coinciding with the start of World Food Week – which will culminate in a major summit, scheduled to take place in September next year.
by | Oct 12, 2020 | External News
The first 20 years of this century have seen a “staggering” rise in climate disasters, UN researchers said on Monday, while also maintaining that “almost all nations” have failed to prevent a “wave of death and illness” caused by the COVID-19...
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