YOKOHAMA – On the last day of a four-day visit to Japan, WFP Deputy Executive Director Sheila Sisulu participated in the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2007 Public Forum and delivered a keynote speech on the theme for this year’s IWD: “Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls.” Sisulu spoke to the audience which filled the U Thant Hall at the UN House in Tokyo, and explained h
AS FIGHTING INTENSIFIES IN CHAD, WFP EVACUATES ALL BUT KEY UN STAFF N’DJAMENA – In its capacity as the United Nations’ lead logistics agency, the World Food Programme has begun relocating all non-essential UN and NGO staff and their families from N’djamena and Abeche after security conditions deteriorated sharply in Chad this week.