UN LEADERS URGE NEW EFFORT TO END SUFFERING OF MILLIONS IN AFRICA’S GREAT LAKES REGION BUJUMBURA – The heads of three of the largest United Nations humanitarian agencies today urged the international community to match political progress in the Great Lakes region with a new commitment to end the suffering of the millions of people forgotten by the rest of the world.
WFP APPEALS FOR SAFE PASSAGE FOR FOOD AID AMID NEPAL’S CRISIS Kathmandu – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed to all parties to allow safe passage for food convoys in Nepal. Despite ongoing violence, WFP reiterated its commitment to continuing to provide urgently needed food aid to hundreds of thousands of Nepalese.