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UN highlights risk reduction, mitigation to combat El Niño’s impact in Central America’s Dry Corridor

New York, June 30 (Just Earth News): The international community must take urgent action to help build resilience, food security, and restore livelihoods in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, which are impacted by drought and other extreme-weather effects of the El Niño phenomenon, senior United Nations officials on Thursday said.

Central American leaders say UN must be democratized to tackle today's crises

New York, Oct 1 (IBNS): As the annual high-level segment of the General Assembly entered its third day, leaders from Central America stressed reform of United Nations institutions and the urgent need to bolster multilateral relations between States.

Central America faces major crop losses due to El Nino: UN agency

New York, Sept 15 (IBNS): This year's cereal outputs in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua have been severely reduced because of the dry weather associated with the El Nino weather phenomenon, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.

Central America drought turning into humanitarian crisis, UN warns

New York, Dec 13 (IBNS): A prolonged drought in Central America is turning into a humanitarian crisis for nearly two and a half million people affected by food insecurity in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Friday.