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
HISTORIC HUMANITARIAN HELICOPTER SERVICE WOUND UP IN PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD - The largest humanitarian helicopter operation ever organised by the United Nations ended today after having successfully transported nearly 30,000 tons of aid supplies and tens of thousands of aid workers and other passengers to the Pakistan-administered parts of Kashmir struck by a devastating earthquake eight months ago.
MASSIVE AID EFFORT CONTAINS GROWTH OF MALNUTRITION IN DARFUR KHARTOUM – Despite the deteriorating security situation in Darfur, a new United Nations assessment has found that overall malnutrition levels have mostly stabilized in 2006 and food insecurity has improved slightly thanks to a stronger international response to the suffering in Sudan’s war-torn west.