WFP DIRECTOR WARNS FUNDS RUNNING OUT FOR DISPLACED IN AZERBAIJAN BAKU - The United Nations World Food Programme Executive Director, James Morris, today stressed the need to draw attention to the devastating problems faced by the world’s displaced people, including those in Azerbaijan and now in Lebanon.
WFP WELCOMES JAPAN DONATION TO KENYA FLOOD RELIEF YOKOHAMA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed an announcement by the Government of Japan to donate US$ 300,000 (JPY34.8 million) to its special air operation to reach hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods in Kenya.
WFP、アフガンの冬を目前に食糧援助を急ぐ カブール発:冬の到来を目前に、WFPはアフガニスタンでの食糧の配給に追われている。アフガニスタンでは、これからの季節にかけて大雪や凍結により多くの村が孤立するため、食糧の配給が極めて困難になるからだ。特に山岳地方では、道路が舗装されていないうえ、降雪や凍結により危険性が増大し、すでに閉鎖された道路もある。WFPは、道路が遮断され多くの村が孤立する前に、2万1,000トンの食糧を60万人に届ける予定だ。 またアフガニスタンでは今年、多くの地域が洪水の被害を受けた。WFPは、2万4,000人の洪水被害者への支援も行っている。 AFGHANISTAN: WFP IN RACE BEFORE WINTER SNOWS AND FLOODING KABUL ?
WFP WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, URGES IMPLEMENTATION BEIRUT – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed the UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon as the best chance so far to end the armed hostilities and called for speedy implementation by both sides to stop the human suffering and allow desperately needed relief to reach the hundreds of thousands of civili
WFP News Release 3 November 2006 WFP GIVES URGENT HELP TO VICTIMS OF NEW FLOODS IN SOUTHEAST ETHIOPIA ADDIS ABABA - With extensive flooding again hitting southeastern Ethiopia, the United Nations World Food Programme said today it is working closely with the Government of Ethiopia to ensure that food aid urgently reaches tens of thousands of flood-affected people in the Somali region.
MORE MISERY IN KENYA: WFP FORCED TO CUT FOOD RATIONS TO REFUGEES NAIROBI – As a result of insufficient funding, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to reduce food aid rations to some 230,000 Somali and Sudanese refugees living in two camps in remote areas in northeast Kenya.