Food

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the virtual extraordinary high-level meeting of the Group of Friends on Food Security and Nutrition, in New York today:

The Secretary-General and top UN officials held a virtual briefing for Member States to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic as his call for global ceasefires saw positive gains in Colombia, Syria and Yemen and UNICEF continued to procure and ship protective equipment and other vital supplies to affected countries.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said today that broad sectoral sanctions should urgently be re-evaluated in countries facing the COVID-19 pandemic.  Such measures could have a potentially debilitating impact on the health sector and human rights, she added. 

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message to a high‑level event on “Food and Agriculture in Times of Crisis”, marking the launch of the Global Report on Food Crises in 2019, in Brussels today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva announced today the appointment of Ute Klamert of Germany as WFP Assistant Executive Director, Partnerships and Governance, at the Assistant Secretary-General level.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on World Food Day, observed on 16 October:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the World Food Programme (WFP) Global Management Meeting, held in Dubai from 20 to 22 January:

Following are Deputy UN Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Executive Board of the World Food Programme (WFP), in Rome today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva and World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley announced today their appointment of Valerie Guarnieri of the United States as Assistant Executive Director, Operations Services, of the WFP, at the Assistant Secretary-General level.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: