Day: July 19, 2022

UNITED NATIONS, July 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for bold and coordinated responses to slove the ongoing global food crisis.

“We face a real risk of multiple famines this year. And next year could be even worse,” Guterres warned in his video remarks to a UN General Assembly high-level special event entitled “Time to Act Together: Coordinating Policy Responses to the Global Food Crisis.”

But, “we can avoid this catastrophe if we act now” and “if we act together to craft bold and coordinated policy responses,” the UN chief noted.

This means immediately reintegrating Ukraine’s food production, and Russia’s food and fertilizer, into world markets, and keeping global trade open, he said.

Guterres also stressed the need to tackle the finance crisis in the developing world, and to urgently unlock all possible resources to enhance social protection and support smallholder and family farmers to increase productivity and self-reliance.

“And it means transforming food systems at every level — to put affordable, healthy and sustainable diets within reach of every person, everywhere,” he added.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

The 01 January – 05 July 2022 data on incidents of where aid workers were killed, kidnapped or arrested (KKA) is now available for download on HDX and our website. Since the start of the year until 05 July at least 40 aid workers have been killed, 136 kidnapped, 52 arrested and 68 injured. Note: This dataset does not include incidents included in this News Brief. In 2021, 146 aid workers were killed, 153 kidnapped, 349 arrested and 234 injured.

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Safety, security and access incidents

Incidents of threats and violence affecting aid workers and aid delivery.

Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo

06 July 2022: On the Tshikapa-Kamonia road, Kapola village, Kasai province, armed men attacked and shot at a Red Cross vehicle. No injuries were reported. Source: ACLED

Mali 05 July 2022: In Tessalit cercle, Kidal region, two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five others seriously wounded when their armoured vehicle, which belonged to a MINUSMA logistics convoy, hit a landmine along the Tessalit-Gao Road. The victims were all Egyptian. Source: The New Arab

Mozambique Week of 04-10 July 2022: In the south of Cabo Delgado province, insurgent assaults have constrained the delivery of humanitarian aid after multiple attacks on the main access routes used by humanitarian organisations. Source: Cabo Ligado report – ACLED

Nigeria 30 June 2022: In Monguno LGA, Borno state, ISWAP fighters broke into the office of the International Rescue Committee. There were no staff present during the incident. Source: Eons Intelligence

South Sudan 07 July 2022: In Ikotos county, Eastern Equatoria state, an aid worker from Caritas Switzerland was found dead in unidentified circumstances.

Source: Insecurity Insight