FOOD AID PROGRAMME LAUNCHED TO SUPPORT MINDANAO PEACE PROCESS MANILA - The United Nations World Food Programme this week launched an aid operation to support a critical peace initiative in war-ravaged Mindanao in southern Philippines. The US$27 million (1.35 billion pesos) operation will help more than two million people living in five of the region’s poorest provinces.
WFP WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF JOSETTE SHEERAN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROME – After full consultation with the World Food Programme Executive Board at a special session attended by all its 36 members and most other member states, the President of the Board, Ambassador Mirza Qamar Beg of Pakistan, announced that the UN Secretary-General and FAO Director-General intend to appoint Josette Sheeran