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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.
5月16日の「平和に共存する国際デー」は平和・連帯・調和の持続可能な世界を築くために、違いと多様性の中で団結して生き、共に行動したいという願いを掲げた国連の記念日です。この記念に、国連WFPは「Will For Peace ~食料支援と平和への道~」と題したイベントを開催します。
世界では、すべての人が食べるのに十分な食料が生産されている一方で、6億9000万人がいまだに毎晩空腹を抱えたまま眠りについています。そのうち約6割は武力による暴力の影響を受けた地域に住んでおり、紛争は飢餓をなくす上で最大の課題となっています。国連WFPによる支援は紛争や包囲網の中で生きる人や避難を余儀なくされた人々の命をただ救うだけではなく、紛争に拡大しうる緊張を和らげ平和への第一歩となります。
WFP URGENTLY SENDS MORE EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO CONFLICT VICTIMS IN DRC KINSHASA – The United Nations World Food Programme said today that urgently needed WFP food aid was being airlifted aboard helicopters from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) for thousands of people fleeing fighting in Katanga Province of the eastern DRC.
YOKOHAMA – On the last day of a four-day visit to Japan, WFP Deputy Executive Director Sheila Sisulu participated in the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2007 Public Forum and delivered a keynote speech on the theme for this year’s IWD: “Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls.” Sisulu spoke to the audience which filled the U Thant Hall at the UN House in Tokyo, and explained h