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WFP delivers more relief goods to CAR

WFP delivered last week 300 tons of relief goods for typhoon victims in the Cordillera as a continuing relief assistance. Bernard Kerblat, Senior Logistics officer, WFP Philippines in an emergency meeting of the Cordillera Regional Disaster Coordinating Council last week, said relief goods would be delivered in WFP mobile ware houses set up at the Laoag Airport, Wallace Airbase in Poro Point, La Union and at the Loakan airport to temporarily store supplies while awaiting transport to areas needing relief assistance.

UN Chief To Link Food, Global Warming At Summit

UN chief Ban Ki-moon will prod world leaders to step up the fight against global warming and hunger when he attends the UN Food and Agriculture Organization summit in Rome next week (..). Ban's November 15-17 visit to Rome will include a tribute at FAO's headquarters to five UN employees killed last month in a suicide bombing of a UN World Food Program compound in Islamabad

UNICEF calls for action to tackle food shortage in southern Sudan

The United Nations children's fund (UNICEF) has urged for more action to be taken in southern Sudan to stop severe food shortage in parts of that region. (..) "We welcome the World Food Program's immediate response to the problems and appeal for donors and the government of southern Sudan to also increase their assistance," Johnson said, adding that more resources are needed now to tackle the food shortages.

Poor Nutrition 'Stunting Growth'

Poor child nutrition still causes major problems in the developing world - despite some progress, experts say. A third of deaths in children under five in those countries are linked to poor diet, a report by Unicef suggests. It also reveals 195m children - one in three - have stunted growth, even though rates have fallen since 1990.