UN AGENCY HEADS URGE PRESIDENT KIBAKI TO PREPARE FOR WORSENING DROUGHT AND PLEDGE CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR DROUGHT AFFECTED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Nairobi 2 March 2006 The Executive Directors of the World Food Programme and UNICEF, James T. Morris and Ann M. Veneman, will meet Kenya President Mwai Kibaki today to urge an even stronger focus on the catastrophic impact of the deepening drought.
WFP LEADERS GATHER IN COPENHAGEN AMIDST GROWING HUNGER CRISES COPENHAGEN - UN World Food Programme leaders, from some 80 countries, are gathering in the Danish capital over the next five days to discuss current and future challenges facing the world’s largest humanitarian organization.