Outline UCFA
Summary UCFA
Updated CFA (UCFA)
The UCFA is offered as a tool to inspire and inform Member States as they engage in discussions around matters related to food and nutrition security in different intergovernmental bodies.
56th Commission on the Status of Women (New York, 27 February-9 March 2012)
19th Human Rights Council (Geneva, 27 February - 23 March 2012)
2012 Spring Meetings, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (Washington, 20-22 April 2012)
The CFS is the United Nations' forum for reviewing policies concerning world food. It is the most inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for all relevant stakeholders to work together to ensure food security and nutrition.
About the Committee on World Food Security
The CFS endorsed the ‘Voluntary Guidelines on Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security’ at the 38th Special Session on 11 May 2012.
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COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Still reeling from a flood-triggered state of calamity, affected residents here are regaining optimism for normal life amid an announcement by city officials that some United Nations (UN) relief agencies have expressed intention to help the victims recover from the ruins of the inundation – socially and economically.
The 34 of the city’s 37 villages were inundated by floodwaters the past three weeks after the vast Rio Grande de Mindanao overflowed due to torrential rains aggravated by the influx of huge chunks of water hyacinths that clogged the footings of the Delta Bridge in this city.
Press Release No:2010/411/EAP
WASHINGTON DC, May 20, 2010—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today two financing operations worth US$258.64 million to support the country’s recovery and reconstruction from the recent natural disasters as well as the Philippines’ capability to manage toxic chemicals that threaten people’s health and the environment.
The first is the US$250 million Philippine Development Policy Operation (DPO): Supplemental Support for Post-Typhoon Recovery designed to cushion the economic and social impacts of the 2009 typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, which continue to affect a large segment of the poor population in the country. It is a quick disbursing loan that can be used by the Government to speed up reconstruction efforts.
Location: Manila, Philippines
The Forum will bring together the key stakeholders in the region to:
1) share experiences & expertise on innovations & good practices of multi-pronged approaches to achieving sustainable & inclusive food security;
2) encourage greater collaboration & partnership in investments in foods security among governments, the private sector, international development agencies, civil society organizations & research institutions;
3) promote & support country-driven partnership frameworks for investments in food security.
Asian Development Bank, IFAD and FAO:
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2010/Investment-Forum/default.asp
30 December 2009 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has sent 20 metric tons of high energy biscuits to aid nearly 50,000 Filipinos forced to leave their homes by a possible eruption of Mount Mayon volcano in the northern Philippine island of Luzon.
The biscuits, packed with vitamins and energy, will nourish refugees living in temporary shelters in schools and government buildings.
The awakening of Mayon, with earthquakes and ash plumes indicating an eruption could be imminent, comes only a few months after the Philippines was hit by a series of typhoons which left over 200 people dead and hundreds of thousands more surrounded by floodwater. WFP assisted the government in dealing with that emergency, providing rice and high energy biscuits to displaced people.
27 October 2009 – Helping farmers rebuild their livelihoods has become one of the priorities of relief and recovery efforts in the wake of the recent deadly typhoons that pummelled the Philippines, the United Nations humanitarian wing reported today as it called on donors to step up funding for its appeal.
So far $22.4 million has been received – or just 30 per cent of the $74 million that the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and its aid partners requested in the flash appeal issued following Typhoon Ketsana (also known as Ondoy) and Typhoon Parma.
20 October 2009 – The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) begins a three-day visit to the Philippines tomorrow to get a first-hand look at the impact of the devastating floods that have affected more than seven million people.
The country was battered by tropical storm Ketsana (also known as Ondoy), which made landfall on 26 September, and then by typhoon Parma, which struck a week later. The storms led to more than 500 deaths and displaced scores of thousands of others, and caused crop damage estimated at over $160 million.
WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran will travel with President Gloria Arroyo, and the agency’s National Ambassador, KC Concepcion, to some of the worst-affected areas, according to a news release issued by the agency.
Many different groups are moving forward on an effort to scale up nutrition (SUN). We are witnessing the emergence of a movement.
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We have compiled a list of useful links from a variety of sources, including governments, international agencies, NGOs and scientific organizations. Please feel free to inform us of additional web sites for consideration.
The spike in food prices of last year (2008) underscored what experts have been telling us for many years: the world's food systems are in crisis
