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Middle East War Could Trigger Worst Global Aid Crisis Since COVID, Warns UN
The World Food Programme (WFP) cautioned that the fallout from the conflict could rival, or exceed, disruptions seen during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war.
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Gaza at "Breaking Point": UN Food Agency After Visiting Territory
The UN's World Food Programme warned Thursday that Gaza is "at breaking point" and appealed to urgently revive its network of 200 food distribution points to prevent pockets of famine spreading.
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UN Food Programme To Slash Quarter Of Staff As Funding Falls
The UN World Food Programme will cut staff by 25 to 30 percent as funding for the global aid agency plummets, according to an internal email seen Monday by AFP.
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US Funding Cuts Could Be "Death Sentence" For Millions, Warns UN
The United Nations World Food Programme warned on Monday that the termination of U.S. funding for emergency food assistance in 14 countries "could amount to a death sentence for millions of people facing extreme hunger and starvation."
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Gaza Sees Total Collapse Of Law And Order As 100 Aid Trucks "Violently Looted": UN
The drivers were forced to unload the trucks at gunpoint, aid workers were injured, and vehicles were extensively damaged.
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UN Food Agency Suspends Aid To North Gaza After Gunfire, Looting
The UN's food agency said Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries to northern Gaza despite widespread hunger, after a convoy of trucks faced gunfire and looting.
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"Have Lost Contact With Our Teams In Gaza": UN Food Body
United Nations World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain on Saturday said that they lost contact with its teams in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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World Food Programme Warns Of Budget Shortfall In Afghanistan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that one billion dollars are required to avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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UN Food Body To Suspend Aid To Palestinians Due To "Severe" Fund Shortage
The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.
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UN's Food Programme Seeks $77 Million Aid For Turkey,Syria Quake Survivors
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
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"World Doesn't Realise...": UN Agency Sounds Alarm On Afghan Food Crisis
Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from brink of collapse, a senior United Nations official warned, calling for frozen funds to be freed for humanitarian efforts.
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Mid-Day Meals Lifeline For Millions, Should Be Restarted: UN Food Agency
Noting that the mid-day meal scheme represents the lifeline for millions of school children in the country, the UN WFP India has said as the schools reopen, the scheme will also need to be reactivated with the provision of hot, cooked meals.
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"Hunger Pandemic" Worse Than Covid, Says Nobel-Winning UN Food Agency
Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony held online because of the coronavirus, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Thursday of a "hunger pandemic" it said could be worse than Covid-19.
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Nobel Peace Prize Win Will Further Strengthen Cooperation With India: World Food Programme
The UN's World Food Programme which won the Nobel Peace prize on Friday said it hopes that this recognition will further strengthen its cooperation with India where it has been working for around five decades in various programmes related to food and nutrition security.
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World Food Programme Wins Nobel Peace Prize 2020 For Efforts To Combat Hunger
The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 has been awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its contribution towards achievement of food security.
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Middle East War Could Trigger Worst Global Aid Crisis Since COVID, Warns UN
The World Food Programme (WFP) cautioned that the fallout from the conflict could rival, or exceed, disruptions seen during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war.
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Gaza at "Breaking Point": UN Food Agency After Visiting Territory
The UN's World Food Programme warned Thursday that Gaza is "at breaking point" and appealed to urgently revive its network of 200 food distribution points to prevent pockets of famine spreading.
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UN Food Programme To Slash Quarter Of Staff As Funding Falls
The UN World Food Programme will cut staff by 25 to 30 percent as funding for the global aid agency plummets, according to an internal email seen Monday by AFP.
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US Funding Cuts Could Be "Death Sentence" For Millions, Warns UN
The United Nations World Food Programme warned on Monday that the termination of U.S. funding for emergency food assistance in 14 countries "could amount to a death sentence for millions of people facing extreme hunger and starvation."
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Gaza Sees Total Collapse Of Law And Order As 100 Aid Trucks "Violently Looted": UN
The drivers were forced to unload the trucks at gunpoint, aid workers were injured, and vehicles were extensively damaged.
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UN Food Agency Suspends Aid To North Gaza After Gunfire, Looting
The UN's food agency said Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries to northern Gaza despite widespread hunger, after a convoy of trucks faced gunfire and looting.
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"Have Lost Contact With Our Teams In Gaza": UN Food Body
United Nations World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain on Saturday said that they lost contact with its teams in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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World Food Programme Warns Of Budget Shortfall In Afghanistan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that one billion dollars are required to avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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UN Food Body To Suspend Aid To Palestinians Due To "Severe" Fund Shortage
The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.
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UN's Food Programme Seeks $77 Million Aid For Turkey,Syria Quake Survivors
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
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"World Doesn't Realise...": UN Agency Sounds Alarm On Afghan Food Crisis
Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from brink of collapse, a senior United Nations official warned, calling for frozen funds to be freed for humanitarian efforts.
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Mid-Day Meals Lifeline For Millions, Should Be Restarted: UN Food Agency
Noting that the mid-day meal scheme represents the lifeline for millions of school children in the country, the UN WFP India has said as the schools reopen, the scheme will also need to be reactivated with the provision of hot, cooked meals.
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"Hunger Pandemic" Worse Than Covid, Says Nobel-Winning UN Food Agency
Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony held online because of the coronavirus, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Thursday of a "hunger pandemic" it said could be worse than Covid-19.
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Nobel Peace Prize Win Will Further Strengthen Cooperation With India: World Food Programme
The UN's World Food Programme which won the Nobel Peace prize on Friday said it hopes that this recognition will further strengthen its cooperation with India where it has been working for around five decades in various programmes related to food and nutrition security.
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World Food Programme Wins Nobel Peace Prize 2020 For Efforts To Combat Hunger
The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 has been awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its contribution towards achievement of food security.
