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AS BITTER COLD GRIPS ARMENIA, WFP FORCED TO CUT FOOD AID TO HUNGRY POOR YEREVAN – As bitterly cold weather keeps its grip on the Caucasus region, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that due to a lack of funding, it has run out of most food commodities for the 110,000 people it assists in Armenia.

WFP News Release 2 November 2006 WFP WELCOMES CHINA’S GROWING ROLE AS A MAJOR FOOD DONOR Rome – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed China’s first donation of US $1.75 million since its graduation from food aid at the end of last year. The contribution – made in cash and without conditions -- will fund some of WFP’s most critical operations around the globe.

WFP News Release 26 October 2006 SHORTAGE OF DONATIONS IMPACT SAHRAWI REFUGEES IN ALGERIA ALGIERS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)) is facing increasing difficulties in providing food assistance to Sahrawi refugees living in remote camps near Tindouf in southwest Algeria – a concern also shared by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

ロンドン発−WFPは、飢えと貧困に苦しむ人々への人道支援活動において、国際NGOのIslamic Reliefと今後さらに協力関係を強めることで合意した。Islamic Reliefとのパートナーシップ強化の背景には、WFPの支援を受ける人々の多くがイスラム社会に属している事実がある。WFPは年間平均で9,000万人に食糧支援をしているが、そのうちの半数以上がイスラム教徒である。一方でIslamic Reliefは、アフガニスタン、ケニア、ソマリアなど20カ国で活動し、草の根レベルでの地域密着型アプローチによりニーズへの迅速な対応力を発揮している。Islamic Reliefとのパートナーシップの強化で迅速かつ効率的な支援活動が推進される。

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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.

WFP NEEDS STEADY DONOR FUNDING TO BOLSTER LIVES AND PEACE IN SUDAN KHARTOUM – UN World Food Programme Executive Director James Morris warned today that a shortage of steady and timely funding for food aid to Sudan risked increasing malnutrition among millions of people and threatened pacts to end conflicts in the South and western region of Darfur.

EMERGENCY LOANS PUT NEEDY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA IN JEOPARDY JOHANNESBURG – With more than nine million people in southern Africa receiving food aid from the United Nations World Food Programme this month, the organisation revealed today that many people are being fed only because the agency took substantial financial loans to ensure that they did not starve during the critical lean season, fro

ADDING INSULT TO INJURY? SHARP RATION CUTS LEAVE DARFUR ON A DIET KHARTOUM – Despite the horrific suffering of millions of vulnerable people across Sudan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that a severe shortage of funds has forced it to make drastic cuts in food rations from May.