Objective: To curb the spread of the desert locust by sharing and applying, through South-South Triangular Cooperation, new, effective and low-cost technologies, techniques and proved solutions. Key partners: Ethiopia: Ministry of Agriculture. Islamic Republic of Iran: Plant Protection Organization of the Ministry of Agriculture Jahad. Kenya: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives. Pakistan: Department of […]
Day: November 15, 2021
UNFPA Ethiopia Response to the Northern Ethiopia crisis – Situation report (1-15 October 2021)
Background After almost one year of conflict, the political dynamics across Northern Ethiopia changed dramatically on June 28 following the unilateral declaration of ceasefire by the Federal Government with the subsequent withdrawal of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and the control of most areas of Tigray region by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). […]
Foreign Affairs Council: Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell upon arrival
Today it is going to be a very busy day for us. First, we are going to have the Foreign Affairs Council. After [this] we are going to have the meeting with the Ministers of the Eastern Partnership. And after [this, we will have the] Jumbo meeting with Foreign and Defense Ministers to start talking about the Strategic Compass. On the Foreign Affairs Ministers: we are going to review the whole set […]
Foreign Affairs Council and Eastern Partnership Ministerial: Press remarks by the High Representative Josep Borrell
Good afternoon, we had a long meeting for the Foreign Affairs Council, followed by the Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting and before the Jumbo Meeting of Defence Ministers and Foreign Affairs Ministers. Today, we have started with an issue that is certainly currently on all our minds, and that is Belarus. In Belarus, we continue to standing in front of the ongoing hybrid aggression against the European Union’s borders. We are looking […]
Ethiopia: $40 million in aid relief for victims ‘living on a knife-edge’
As the humanitarian crisis grows in Ethiopia’s conflict-affected north, the UN announced on Monday that $40 million in funds have been made available to scale up emergency operations. The UN’s top emergency relief official, Martin Griffiths, said that millions of people in northern Ethiopia are now “living on a knife-edge, as the humanitarian crisis is growing deeper and wider”. After returning from visiting Ethiopia, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator said […]
Secretary-General Appoints Jose Miguel Barreto of Peru United Nations Resident Coordinator in Guatemala
On 14 November, United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres appointed Jose Miguel Barreto of Peru as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Guatemala, with the host Government’s approval. Mr. Barreto brings over 29 years of leadership experience in the areas of sustainable development, humanitarian affairs and peacebuilding to the position. At the United Nations, he most recently served as […]