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Issue DH/7280
Monday, 7 November 2016
In the headlines:
• South Sudan will face escalating food crisis in
2017, UN agriculture agency warns
• MARRAKECH: ‘The eyes of the world are upon us,’
chair of UN conference says as new round of
climate talks opens
• UN released two million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in
2015 latest ‘Greening the Blue’ report shows
• New UN survey reveals extensive damage to health
system in war-torn Yemen
• Prospect of solution ‘within reach,’ Ban says, as
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders open
talks
• Iraq: As anti-ISIL operation intensifies, civilians
increasingly at risk, UN official warns
• Over-generalized approach could expose peace
operations to greater risk, warns UN deputy chief
• Afghanistan: UN Mission probing air strikes that
allegedly killed 32 civilians in Kunduz
• Mali: Ban strongly condemns attack that kills two
civilians and one peacekeeper
• Colombia: UN Mission, Government and FARC-EP
to start joint ceasefire monitoring and verification
• MARRAKECH: UN climate conference to continue
momentum after Paris Agreement comes into force
• On International Day, UN cites 'duty of care
towards the environment' in peacetime and during
conflict
More stories inside
South Sudan will face escalating food crisis in 2017, UN
agriculture agency warns
7 November – As the conflict in South Sudan grinds on, the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today that
31 per cent of the country’s population, or 3.7 million people, are
facing a severe food security risk, despite the end of the lean food
season and start of harvests – a major increase from the one million
who were in a similar situation at this time last year.
This time of year in South