Zimbabwe – Food insecurity (DG ECHO, IPC, ZimVac, WFP) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 December 2020)
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According to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, some 5.7 million people will be food insecure (IPC 3+) by March 2021. An additional 1.2 million people currently in IPC Phase 2 (Stressed) would be at least one phase worse without the assistance they are receiving now.
Taking these figures into consideration, a total of 6.9 million people, roughly half of the population, are projected to be food insecure at the peak of the 2021 lean season.
According to the latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment (ZimVAC), at least 56% of rural households are food (cereal) insecure. The ZimVac also highlights a significant drop in the proportion of women of childbearing age consuming minimum dietary diversity and a significant decrease in the minimum acceptable diet (MAD) among young children. The national nutrition survey recorded high levels of stunted growth
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Delivering tangible, positive impacts for the South Sudanese people
Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on UNMISS
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15 December 2020 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Thank you very much, Mr. President. Let me begin by thanking Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy for his update and also to SRSG Shearer and USG Lowcock. Their briefings today provided a stark illustration of the dire and deteriorating humanitarian situation faced by millions of South Sudanese, as well as the urgent need for the full implementation of the Peace Agreement. I take what David Shearer said about the fact that the violence is by no means as bad as it was previously, and that is a mercy, but it is a sad and profound reality that over two years since the Peace Agreement and one year since this Council visited Juba, millions of South Sudanese are yet to see real peace dividends.