The 2022 system-wide results report of the Regional Collaborative Platform for Europe and Central Asia (RCP ECA) provides an overview of the actions of the UN development system taken in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region.
Almost five million Haitians are going hungry and need food assistance, according to recent UN figures, but the violence and related insecurity created by heavily armed rival gangs operating mainly in the capital are posing more questions about how to make sure those beleaguered people get enough to eat, now and in the future.
UN agencies on the ground in Madagascar are grappling with diverse needs and the urgency to invest more in sustainable development as a way out of multiple crises.
Sri Lanka, where I serve as UN Resident Coordinator, is highly vulnerable to the risk of extreme weather. In line with the Government's climate goals, our UN team works to strengthen natural resource management, climate resilience & environmental sustainability through innovative financing, policy changes, and community projects.
Every year on the 25th of November, the world reckons with the persistent injustices of violence against women and girls. This year’s theme calls on the world to take action and invest in the right legislations, resources and capacities required to prevent violence and support women’s rights.
Rwanda's national stunting rates remain high at 32.4 percent despite a significant decrease from 34.9% in 2018. In addressing these root causes of malnutrition, the UN stepped in and worked hand in hand with the government to initiate a joint nutrition programme to train parents on feeding infants and young children with a minimum acceptable diet.
According to OCHA, some 117,000 displaced people are sheltering in the 10 hospitals still operational in Gaza city and elsewhere in northern Gaza, which have received “repeated evacuation orders” in recent days.
UN humanitarians said on Friday that an agreement to unlock aid deliveries across the Gaza border was near, as UN chief António Guterres delivered a powerful call in front of the gates at the Rafah crossing to get lifesaving aid moving.
Djibouti seldom garners the kind of international attention usually given to its neighbors- Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Yet the country’s experience living through cycles of drought and food insecurity offers immense lessons to the rest of the world.
