Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of priorities and initiatives — from climate action and food security to gender equality and safety of civilians.
Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of priorities and initiatives — from climate action and food security to gender equality and safety of civilians.
For the five million people who live on Bangladesh’s chars, the consequences of climate change are already catastrophic. Extreme weather has destroyed crops and incomes and displaced the people who have always inhabited these islands on the river.
For the people of Nepal, climate resilience is an everyday affair. Nearly a month ago, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake killed 128 people and injured a dozen more. In the last year alone, nearly 5,700 disaster incidents, from earthquakes to landslides, glacial floods, forest fires, incessant rains and more, struck communities across the country.
Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of priorities and initiatives — from climate action and food security to gender equality and safety of civilians.
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.
UN teams in Nepal are responding to the devastating earthquake in the west of the country, amid reports that over 150 people have been killed and hundreds more injured.
As calls for accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals grow louder at the halfway point towards the 2030 deadline, acknowledging the challenges of a small island developing state like Jamaica have become even more pressing.
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.