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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.
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
EVEREST CLIMB TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HUNGER, ASSIST NEPALESE CHILDREN IN NEED Kathmandu – Mark Squirrell leaves Kathmandu today on a different sort of field mission. As the security officer for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Nepal, Squirrell normally makes many trips to the remote and undeveloped districts of the country, where WFP assists thousands of families each year.