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WFP CONCLUDES OPERATION IN LEBANON BEIRUT – The United Nations World Food Programme today concluded a three-month successful operation in Lebanon to provide food assistance to over 810,000 Lebanese who were affected by the bombardment of Lebanon during this summer’s Middle East crisis.
BEIRUT - Lebanon will soon be food secure again and its commercial sector is bouncing back quicker than expected, paving the way for the withdrawal of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) from the country by the end of October, according to a WFP food assessment and nutrition report issued today.
SAUDI ARABIA PROVIDES FOOD AID FOR 50,000 PALESTINIAN FAMILIES RIYADH - Days after the United Nations World Food Programme warned that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are becoming destitute, Saudi Arabia has responded with a donation of US$2.6 million to purchase food for 50,000 of the worst affected families.
WFP HONOURS ITS FIRST SAUDI SPECIAL AMBASSADOR ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme has honoured Abdulaziz Arrukban, the first Saudi citizen to have volunteered to work with the agency to raise awareness about hunger issues and funds to help alleviate it.