WFP WARNS FOOD RUNNING OUT IN BLOCKADED GAZA STRIP JERUSALEM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that food was running out in the Gaza Strip and appealed to the Israeli authorities to allow food consignments to reach the tens of thousands of people in Gaza who depend on food aid to survive.
WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LAUDS POPE BENEDICT XVI’S COMMITMENT TO HUMANITARIANISM VATICAN CITY – James Morris, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, today hailed His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI’s deep personal commitment to the service of the poor and hungry.