World Food Programme

Dünya Gıda Programı (WFP) İcra Direktörü David Beasley: “Bugün dünyadaki 690 milyon aç insandan her birinin barış içinde ve açlık çekmeden yaşama hakkı var. Norveç Nobel Komitesi, ödülle, küresel dikkati aç insanlara ve çatışmanın yıkıcı sonuçlarına çevirdi.”

Two United Nations agencies – the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) – today agreed to strengthen their cooperation in Sudan to help smallholder farmers improve their production and thus promote food security.

A candidate for the post of the United Nations Secretary-General, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Susana Malcorra today (7 June) shared her vision of “a United Nations which job centres on putting people first, caring for the planet, and of shared prosperity, guided by issues and focused on generating an impact.”

In the last few weeks, the World Food Programme (WFP) and its humanitarian partners reached more people in besieged areas than at any other time since the beginning of the conflict, providing life-saving support including food and nutrition products to thousands of families.

Dünya jet sosyetesine özel tasarladığı lüks ayakkabı, saat, çanta, gözlük, parfüm tasarımları ve koleksiyonları ile ünlü Amerikalı moda tasarımcısı Michael Kors, küresel açlıkla mücadeleye katkıları dolayısıyla World Food Programme USA (WFP USA) tarafından ödüllendirildi.

Civil strife and unfavourable rains have further reduced crop production in South Sudan, contributing to a cereal deficit of 381,000 tonnes -53 percent greater than in 2015 -and aggravating the already severe food shortages, two UN agencies warned today.

Over the coming year, humanitarian partners should prepare for food insecurity levels and food insecure population numbers in southern Africa to be at their highest levels since the 2002-2003 food crisis, the United Nations agriculture agency warned today, citing an 'intense' drought as the main cause.