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WFP CONGRATULATES CELEBRITY PARTNER RACHEL WEISZ ON OSCAR ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme today congratulated Rachel Weisz on winning an Oscar last night for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, for her performance in the movie, The Constant Gardener. “We are very proud that Rachel, who is a committed WFP celebrity partner, has won this most prestigious award.
5 October 2006 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DONATION HELPS SUSTAIN WFP OPERATIONS IN DARFUR KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme mission in Darfur has received a welcome boost with two significant donations from the European Commission: €26 million for WFP’s emergency relief operations and €2 million for the Humanitarian Air Service (WFPHAS), which transports both WFP and
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.
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。