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WFP LAUDS GROWING LINKS WITH 10 NEW EU MEMBER STATES NITRA -- Concluding a two-day meeting in this historic Slovakian city, the World Food Programme welcomed its burgeoning partnership with the 10 new member states of the European Union, marked in the past year by expanding cooperation and sharp increases in financial contributions.
MOUNTAIN GUIDES HELP WFP PREPARE RECOVERY FROM PAKISTAN QUAKE ISLAMABAD - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the formation of a team of 23 experienced international and Pakistani mountain guides to assess damage and destruction in mountainous areas of Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir hit by last October’s earthquake.
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 APPEALS FOR SAFE PASSAGE FOR FOOD AID AMID NEPAL’S CRISIS Kathmandu – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed to all parties to allow safe passage for food convoys in Nepal. Despite ongoing violence, WFP reiterated its commitment to continuing to provide urgently needed food aid to hundreds of thousands of Nepalese.