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YOKOHAMA – On the last day of a four-day visit to Japan, WFP Deputy Executive Director Sheila Sisulu participated in the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2007 Public Forum and delivered a keynote speech on the theme for this year’s IWD: “Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls.” Sisulu spoke to the audience which filled the U Thant Hall at the UN House in Tokyo, and explained h

African leaders and international partners strengthen resolve to deal with short- and long-term effects of global food crisis.

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食料を生産することも輸入することも出来ない状況にあるガザでは、全人口が生きるための物資を支援に頼ざるを得ません。しかし人道支援だけでは、ガザの人びとの必要不可欠なニーズを満たすことはできません。国連、国際援助機関、非政府組織は、非常に困難な状況にもかかわらず、ガザ地区に限定的な人道支援物資を提供することに成功していますが、その量は、飢餓と栄養不良、病気の致命的な組み合わせを防ぐためには全く十分ではありません。食料、清潔な水、医療支援の不足は、特に北部の地域で深刻です。 南部の二か所を除くすべての国境検問所が閉鎖されているのに加えて、トラックの検問所チェックが何重にも実施されているため、現地での人道支援活動は著しく制限されています。

WFP’S DAUNTING TASK: FEEDING 1.7 MILLION REFUGEES IN 2006 GENEVA – As the media and the humanitarian community focus on the spreading drought in the Horn of Africa, the United Nations World Food Programme is deeply concerned that more attention is needed to highlight the persistent problems faced by the world’s refugees – most of them in Africa.

WFP URGES AFRICAN SUMMIT TO ACT ON HUNGER CRISES: "PUT FOOD FIRST" Khartoum - As Africa's leaders gather today for their AU summit, the United Nations World Food Programme is calling on the continent's leaders and international donors to boost their support for its efforts to tackle hunger and poverty in Africa before millions more lives are lost.

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.