The actions cities take locally to create a sustainable world will reverberate globally, UN Chief António Guterres said on Monday, underlining the need to ramp up progress towards a more just and equitable future for people and the planet.
Ulrika Richardson, the most senior UN humanitarian official in Haiti, visited a number of cholera treatment centres in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, where she met medical staff treating patients with the disease.
Soaring food prices and the loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more and more people around the world into poverty; many of whom have turned towards their local authorities for support and assistance.
By leveraging joint efforts and bringing all sectors of the country together, the UN in Guatemala makes impactful changes to foster the country's progress towards advancing food security, agrobusinesses, inclusive rural economic development, and more.
Earlier this year the United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, Schomby Sharp, visited Piplantri to see how a village has turned a barren land into a beautiful, lush forest. Every time on the birth of a girl child, by planting 111 trees to celebrate the importance of the girl child and women of the village.
As government representatives begin to finalize the agenda for the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt next month, the UN chief told journalists in NY that the work ahead is “as immense as the climate impacts we are seeing around the world”.
Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of multi-faceted priorities and key initiatives on a daily basis — from climate action to gender equality and food security.
FAO, IOM and UNFPA have joined forces to support host communities and internally displaced people to access food and livelihoods in the Far North region of Cameroon.
Food security and nutrition
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