Politics

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar, June 10, 2016

Photo:UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kyung-wha Kang, visited Malakal, South Sudan, where she witnessed the devastating impact of the armed violence that took place in the UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site.

Photo:On 9 June 2016, WFP and partners delivered food for 2,400 women, children and men in besieged Darayya.

Photo:Humanitarian aid being unloaded in East Ghouta, Syria (May 2016).

Photo: Destroyed houses in the Santa Rosa neighborhood, the area most affected by the earthquake in Muisne, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

Photo: Children fill their cups at a water point built by UNICEF at Kanyosha III primary school in Bujumbura, Burundi.

7 June 2016

A partnership of leading international organizations, including the United Nations, has announced the launch of a first-ever global standard to measure food loss and waste while at the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) 2016 Summit currently underway in Copenhagen, Denmark.

7 June 2016

The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today appointed the Chair of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and leading fashion designer Kenneth Cole as a UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador.