BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 23 (TNSres) -- The European Commission issued the following fact sheet on July 22, 2022: * * * Question and Answers: "Maintenance and Alignment" package of restrictive measures against Russia Strengthening reporting How are you strengthening reporting on asset freezes? * For the first time, the EU requires that listed persons actively disclose all their assets within the EU's jurisdiction to the national competent authority. This will help ensure that assets are trac  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 23 (TNSres) -- The European Commission issued the following news release on July 22, 2022: Following a request from EU Member States, the Commission is proposing today a temporary short-term derogation from rules on crop rotation and maintenance of non-productive features on arable land. The impact of such measure will depend on the choice made by Member States and farmers, but it will maximise the EU's production capacity for cereals aimed for food products. It is estim  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- George Washington University issued the following news: Russia and Ukraine have put pen to paper on a United Nations-brokered agreement to restart grain shipments from Ukrainian ports. Before the war, Ukraine was responsible for 10 percent of global wheat exports. The Russian blockade has stranded tens of millions of grain in Ukrainian ports, leading to serious shortages in developing countries in Africa and the Middle East. Moses Kansanga, an assistant professor of ge  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis issued the following testimony by ReFED Executive Director Dana Gunders involving a hearing on July 15, 2022, entitled "Climate Smart from Farm to Fork: Building an Affordable and Resilient Food Supply Chain": * * * My name is Dana Gunders, and I am the Executive Director of ReFED, a national nonprofit whose mission is to end U.S. food loss and waste by advancing data-driven solutions. I'm also the author of a widely-quote  more

NEW YORK, July 19 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: With a catastrophic famine looming on the horizon across East Africa, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) released its first ever Crisis Alert update to its annual Emergency Watchlist today, highlighting that over 3 million people could die without urgent international funding. IRC's annual Watchlist identifies the top countries most at risk of deteriorating from a humanitarian perspective over the   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following opening remarks at a July 20, 2022, hearing entitled "Global Food Security Crisis and the U.S. Response": * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this morning's full Committee hearing entitled "Global Food Security Crisis and the U.S. Response." Testifying before  more

NEW YORK, July 21 -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following remarks on July 20, 2022, by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the global food security crisis and the U.S. response: * * * Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, distinguished committee members: Thank you so much for the opportunity to testify here today with Administrator Power. Now, my mother was a cook and I think she was the best cook ever - as I'm sure m  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 21 (TNSpol) -- Catholic Charities USA issued the following news release and letter on July 19, 2022: In a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State, U.S. Catholic leaders expressed gratitude for several recent country designations for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and called for the same status for additional countries that are experiencing armed conflict, environmental disasters and other dangerous conditions. Catholic Charities USA (  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following remarks on July 18, 2022, by Administrator Samantha Power on 'The Line Between Crisis and Catastrophe': * * * ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Thank you, so much, and a huge thanks to Mariama for her wonderful introduction, and for bringing it home. Bringing it from Niger to us here. If you know anything about USAID, you know that our local staff - which are more than two-thirds of our overseas presence - bring every  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following news release on July 18, 2022: An unprecedented drought in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia-part of a region known as the Horn of Africa-is pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation. More than 18 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, primarily as a result of the drought. In response, Administrator Samantha Power announced today that the U.S. Agency for International Developm  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following news release on July 22, 2022: The United States through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing nearly $255 million in additional emergency food and other critical humanitarian and development assistance to the people of Kenya as a historically unprecedented drought pushes more than 4 million people to the edge of starvation. Communities in the Arid and Semi-Arid Land counties o  more