MOUNTAIN GUIDES HELP WFP PREPARE RECOVERY FROM PAKISTAN QUAKE ISLAMABAD - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the formation of a team of 23 experienced international and Pakistani mountain guides to assess damage and destruction in mountainous areas of Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir hit by last October’s earthquake.
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.
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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 LAUDS GROWING LINKS WITH 10 NEW EU MEMBER STATES NITRA -- Concluding a two-day meeting in this historic Slovakian city, the World Food Programme welcomed its burgeoning partnership with the 10 new member states of the European Union, marked in the past year by expanding cooperation and sharp increases in financial contributions.