IBFAN is a founding member of the inter-agency Infant Feeding in Emergencies group, set up to ensure appropriate coordinated emergency responses.

Humanitarian aid and food distribution must be safely labelled and not influenced by commercial agendas or exploited to create new markets for risky products. Infant mortality rises when inappropriate donations disrupt breastfeeding - a resilient practice that provides food, care and immune protection in all emergencies, preventing infection and malnutrition in all its forms.

The DG said this week that attacks on hospitals and health workers have become the new ‘normal’. IBFAN calls for a resolution in this Assembly demanding immediate action from the UN General Assembly and the Security Council, to stop these attacks in accordance with the UN Charter and condemning the restriction of water, food and medical supplies to inflict collective punishment.