JAPAN MAKES A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO CONSOLIDATION OF PEACE IN SUDAN YOKOHAMA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of US$13 million from the Government of Japan to WFP’s emergency operation to assist the people of Sudan who have been affected by two decades of conflict.
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10月16日は「世界食料デー」。2019年のテーマは「未来をつくる私たちのアクション:飢餓のない世界は健康的な食生活から」です。
最新の推計では、2018年の世界の飢餓人口は8億2000万人以上とみられ、世界総人口のおよそ9人に1 人が飢餓に直面しています。この飢餓人口はここ数年連続でゆるやかに増加しています。一方、不健康な食生活がもたらす肥満の割合は世界のどの地域でも上昇傾向にあり、あらゆる形態の栄養不良の課題に取り組むことが求められています。
WFP News Release 26 October 2006 SHORTAGE OF DONATIONS IMPACT SAHRAWI REFUGEES IN ALGERIA ALGIERS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)) is facing increasing difficulties in providing food assistance to Sahrawi refugees living in remote camps near Tindouf in southwest Algeria – a concern also shared by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
TANZANIA: URGENT FOOD AID NEEDED FOR HALF A MILLION HIT BY DROUGHT DAR ES SALAAM – The United Nations World Food Programme today urgently appealed for US$16.6 million to feed 565,000 people in Tanzania facing severe hunger because of drought.