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Urgent need to step-up protection of children in crises – UN rights wing

Mar 06, 2018, at 02:16 pm

New York, Mar 6 (JEN): Children in crisis situations face a raft of challenges – from family separation and forced recruitment to sexual exploitation and abject poverty – the deputy United Nations human rights chief said Monday, urging immediate action to protect children from the consequences of “all too adult failings.”

Hunger rates remain high amid conflict, climate shocks, warns UN food security report

Mar 06, 2018, at 02:03 pm

New York, Mar 6 (JEN): Increased hunger and food insecurity, fuelled by conflict and climatic challenges, continues to inflict suffering on populations in different parts of the world, forcing them to remain dependent on humanitarian assistance, a new United Nations report has warned.

UN agency sets ambitious target to reduce hunger and poverty for millions worldwide

Feb 14, 2018, at 02:29 pm

New York, Feb 14 (JEN): Amid a global rise in hunger and poverty on back of the impacts of climate change and conflict, the United Nations rural development agency today announced an ambitious target to generate resources to fund loans and grants to enable millions in developing countries strengthen their food security and livelihoods.

Hunger continues to intensify in conflict zones, UN agencies report to Security Council

Jan 30, 2018, at 02:09 pm

 New Delhi, Jan 30 (JEN): Food insecurity – or lack of access to enough food – continues to worsen in places torn by conflict, United Nations agencies reported Monday, listing Yemen, South Sudan and Syria among the countries most affected by acute hunger.

Progress against hunger, poverty hinges on empowering indigenous women – UN agriculture chief

Jan 16, 2018, at 01:40 pm

New York, Jan 16 (JEN): Empowering indigenous women – who have higher malnutrition rates than any other social group and typically earn far less than men – is key to successfully fighting hunger and extreme poverty, the United Nations agriculture chief has said.

'An entire generation could be crippled by hunger' in Yemen – UN food relief agency

Oct 26, 2016, at 04:17 am

New York, Oct 25 (Just Earth News): The United Nations food relief agency on Tuesday said it is increasingly concerned about deteriorating food security and growing rates of child malnutrition in war-plagued Yemen, particularly in hard-to-reach areas.

'Hunger is more than a lack of food – it is a terrible injustice,' says Ban

Oct 17, 2015, at 02:32 pm

New York, Oct 17 (IBNS): On World Food Day, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is underlining that "hunger is more than a lack of food—it is a terrible injustice," while reaffirming the global community’s commitment to work together “to end hunger in our lifetime.”