How the WFP helps millions of people each year
World Food Programme
Executive Director Ertharin Cousin said she is proud of the agency's
efforts in Africa and the Middle East, with continued success dependent
on a combination of government and private investment. "I foresee a time
when the World Food Programme may be something different. I don't
foresee a time when it's not totally needed," Cousin says. The InterDependent
(5/31)
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“Though often lauded
outside Turkey as a reformer and democrat, the Erdogan government has
taken a recent turn for the authoritarian. Erdogan’s heavy-handed
approach to the [weekend’s] protests has helped push an otherwise
ordinary local environmental protest into a nation-wide movement
opposing his rule….” UN Dispatch
(6/3)
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WFP office in North Korea continues to receive funds
The World Food
Programme office in North Korea is receiving funding despite
international sanctions that have prevented other aid agencies from
getting bank transfers, writes John Alliage Morales. "To date, WFP has
continued to use its normal channels to remit funds to our [North Korea]
operation," says a WFP official. Devex.com
(6/3)
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Still much to be done to stem sexual abuse, says UN's Bangura
Zainab Hawa Bangura,
the United Nations' special representative on sexual violence in
conflict, says progress has been made in curbing sexual abuses but is
incomplete. "We can make rape in war a thing of the past and something
that exists only in the history books," she says. New Europe
(6/2)
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Why carbon capture remains a key climate tool
Carbon-capture and
-storage technologies remain among the most important weapons available
in the battle to avert disastrous climate change, experts say. That's
because CCS could dramatically reduce the cost of carbon pricing
policies, allowing many coal power stations, ethanol production
facilities and other industrial plants to remain profitable. "It's a
solution for many areas where no, or very few, other solutions exist,"
says Juho Lipponen of the International Energy Agency. MIT Technology Review online
(5/30)
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UN secretary-general's High-Level Panel Report is a bold and inspired step toward a better world
United Nations
Foundation President and CEO Kathy Calvin has issued a statement on the
UN secretary-general's High-Level Panel's report on the Post-2015
Development Agenda. "This significant ... effort of the High-Level Panel
is reflected in its report, which promotes substantial new ideas
designed to inform the next stage of global development," Calvin said.
"This report is an especially useful and informative resource for UN
Member States, who will ultimately determine any successor to the MDGs."
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Food security to be at centre of Africa development agenda. UN Radio
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