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MASSIVE AID EFFORT CONTAINS GROWTH OF MALNUTRITION IN DARFUR KHARTOUM – Despite the deteriorating security situation in Darfur, a new United Nations assessment has found that overall malnutrition levels have mostly stabilized in 2006 and food insecurity has improved slightly thanks to a stronger international response to the suffering in Sudan’s war-torn west.
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 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.
HISTORIC HUMANITARIAN HELICOPTER SERVICE WOUND UP IN PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD - The largest humanitarian helicopter operation ever organised by the United Nations ended today after having successfully transported nearly 30,000 tons of aid supplies and tens of thousands of aid workers and other passengers to the Pakistan-administered parts of Kashmir struck by a devastating earthquake eight months ago.