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2020年の世界食料デーのテーマは、「育て、養い、持続させる。共に。―未来をつくる私たちのアクション。」です。世界各国が新型コロナウイルス感染症(COVID-19)の世界的大流行の広範な影響の対処に追われる中、今年の世界食料デーは、世界が、そしてとくに最も脆弱な人々が、危機から回復することを目指し、持続可能でレジリエンスあるフードシステムの構築に向けた世界的な連帯と協力を呼び掛けています。また私たちは、生産者や食品業界の方々を含め、厳しい状況の中でも食料が農場から私たちの食卓に至る過程を支え続けているフードヒーローを称えます。
CANCELLED CONVOYS HAMPER AID FOR STRANDED IN SOUTHERN LEBANON BEIRUT - The United Nations World Food Programme today warned that it had suffered another setback in its huge efforts to bring much-needed aid to the beleaguered inhabitants of southern Lebanon.
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.
JAPAN DONATES SHS3.6 BILLION WORTH OF RICE TO UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME The Japanese government has donated Ug.Shs3.6 billion worth of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to assist people at risk in Uganda, including 1.5 million displaced persons sheltered in congested camps north of the country.
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.