2006 - ANOTHER BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL FOR MILLIONS IN WEST AFRICA DAKAR - The United Nations World Food Programme today called on the international community to rally strongly behind its efforts to tackle hunger and poverty in West Africa, the poorest region of the world.
WORLD’S FIRST HUMANITARIAN INSURANCE POLICY ISSUED ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations World Food Programme announced today that AXA RE has been awarded the world’s first insurance contract for humanitarian emergencies. The contract provides US $7 million in contingency funding in a pilot scheme to provide coverage in the case of an extreme drought during Ethiopia’s 2006 agricultural season.