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WFP HALTS IVORY COAST OPERATIONS IN WAKE OF VIOLENCE Abidjan - The United Nations World Food Programme warned today that continued uncertainty over the safety of WFP staff in Ivory Coast could have a disastrous effect on its operations to assist some of the most vulnerable people in the country, particularly in and around the western town of Guiglo.

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.

EVEREST CLIMB TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HUNGER, ASSIST NEPALESE CHILDREN IN NEED Kathmandu – Mark Squirrell leaves Kathmandu today on a different sort of field mission. As the security officer for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Nepal, Squirrell normally makes many trips to the remote and undeveloped districts of the country, where WFP assists thousands of families each year.

= English texts to follow = 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。

YOKOHAMA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed an announcement by the Government of Japan to donate US$4.2 million (JPY490 million) to projects assisting a total of 10 million people in Afghanistan and the Philippines (Mindanao) . “WFP is deeply grateful for Japan’s continuing support.

WFP ENDS FOOD AID TO ALBANIA THANKS TO IMPROVED FOOD SECURITY Tirana – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today the end of its almost decade-long operation in Albania, marked by the official closure of its office in Tirana on 28 February. “It’s clear that fewer people need food assistance now.

AID PACKAGE SHOWS JAPAN’S GROWING LEADERSHIP IN FIGHTING HUNGER IN AFRICA AND OPT YOKOHAMA ?

WFP GOODWILL AMBASSADOR PRINCESS HAYA BACKS FOOD AID’S DUAL ROLE IN ETHIOPIA ADDIS ABABA – Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein today congratulated donors for their generosity and urged them to continue their support for food aid, following a visit to projects run by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia.

VIOLENCE ALONG CHAD/SUDAN BORDER THREATENS THOUSANDS N’DJAMENA – The United Nations World Food Programme warned today that an escalation of the violence that has forced thousands of people from their homes along the Chadian border with Sudan’s Darfur region could seriously impede humanitarian assistance. WFP currently feeds 207,400 Sudanese refugees housed in 12 camps inside Chad.