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20 June 2012

Opinion: Food Security Must Be On The Table At Rio+20

They struggle to make crops grow in the parched earth. They watch in despair as their seedlings and livestock are washed away by flash floods. They stand quietly in the markets and watch others buy food that has become too expensive for them to afford.

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20 June 2012

WFP, UNICEF WHO And FAO Hail REACH Initiative On Child Undernutrition As Foundation For Sustainable Development Goals

RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio + 20 presents an opportunity for agreement on the future we want. It is a future that will be determined by global commitment towards sustainable development goals in the years ahead, and this can be achieved through support for initiatives that provide a strong foundation for reaching these goals.

Hunger in the news

20 June 2012

No Sustainable Development Without Eradication Of Hunger And Extreme Poverty

20 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro and Rome – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP) and Bioversity International have issued the following statement on the occasion of the Rio+20 conference.

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19 June 2012

WFP Scales Up Response To Rakhine Displacement In Myanmar

YANGON – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has expanded distributions of emergency food supplies to thousands of people displaced by inter-communal violence in Myanmar’s Northern Rakhine State. In a remote region, short of basic infrastructure, WFP moved early to reach those affected and will scale up operations further in the coming days.

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19 June 2012

FAO/IFAD/WFP Call Upon G20 To Redouble Efforts To Fight Hunger

19 June 2012, Rome - The UN food agencies based in Rome have expressed the wish that G20 leaders meeting in Mexico redouble their efforts to fight hunger. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have issued the following statement on the occasion of the G20 Summit in Mexico:

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17 June 2012

WFP Executive Director Attends Rio+20 Conference To Give Voice To Hungry

ROME – The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, arrived today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ahead of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 20-22 June.

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13 June 2012

WFP Reinforces Commitment To End Hunger Through "True Partnerships" In Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE – On her first trip to Haiti as the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, confirmed WFP’s commitment to support Haiti in finding sustainable solutions to hunger and malnutrition.

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11 June 2012

WFP Executive Director Visits Latin America And The Caribbean To Strengthen Government Partnerships

ROME – The head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, begins today a five-day visit to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Nicaragua to reinforce WFP’s partnerships with governments and communities in their quest to improve food security and nutrition.

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8 June 2012

WFP Provides Lifesaving Food Assistance To Congolese Fleeing Conflict In Eastern DRC

KINSHASA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this week provided a monthly food ration to close to 20,000 newly displaced people and host families in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), amid concerns about the effect of violence on the civilian population in the east of the country.

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6 June 2012

Saudi Arabia Supports WFP Projects In Egypt To Promote Education And Combat Hunger

CAIRO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Egypt, received today a generous in-kind donation of dates worth close to LE 3 million (US$550,000) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support WFP development projects in Egypt.