Conflict, climate change, and the lasting impacts of COVID-19 are devastating local and global food systems and the people who rely on them. Especially the most vulnerable. Russia’s unprovoked aggression against Ukraine has significantly worsened these challenges.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 5 December, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches | Tags: Ambassador Cindy McCain, black sea grain initiative, FAO, FAO Council, Food Security, food systems, grain, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine grain, Ukraine war, world food security
Yet, there are some glimmers of hope. Mr. Executive Director, the United States has heard your call and the calls of millions of hungry people around the world. I am proud that we have contributed nearly $6 billion dollars to WFP this U.S. fiscal year. Given the overwhelming need, other countries have also increased their ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 2 December, 2022 | Topics: Agriculture, Ambassador, East Asia & Pacific, News, Press Releases, U.S. & USUN Rome, USAID, USDA | Tags: Ambassador Cindy McCain, FAO, Food Security, IFAD, travel, UN, United Nations, WFP, World Food Program
Yet, there are some glimmers of hope. Mr. Executive Director, the United States has heard your call and the calls of millions of hungry people around the world. I am proud that we have contributed nearly $6 billion dollars to WFP this U.S. fiscal year. Given the overwhelming need, other countries have also increased their ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 14 November, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches, USAID | Tags: Ambassador Cindy McCain, WFP, WFP Executive Board, World Food Program, World Food Program Executive Board Annual Session
Ambassador Cindy McCain will visit Sri Lanka from September 25-28 to highlight U.S. food assistance programs in Sri Lanka and reinforce the U.S. commitment and lasting partnership with the island nation.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 23 September, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Cindy McCain, Food Security, Humanitarian Assistance
The UN agencies and USAID are working together to build community resilience to climate shocks in Madagascar’s deep south, where the latest analysis suggests 1.47 million people – or 50 percent of the region’s population - are food insecure.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 14 March, 2022 | Topics: Agriculture, Ambassador, News | Tags: Ambassador Cindy McCain, FAO, IFAD, Madagascar, UAID, WFP
We can no longer rely on any government to fund these programs. This is not just about governments, this is about people to people. It's time for us to go and say to people, and companies and corporations and foundations, etc. - we need you
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By USUN Rome Mission | 22 February, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News | Tags: Ambassador Cindy McCain, MSC2022, Munich Security Conference
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies in Rome, Cindy Hensley McCain, was delighted to present her diplomatic credentials to Dr. Qu Dongyu, the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
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By USUN Rome Mission | 18 January, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, Key Officials, News | Tags: Ambassador, Ambassador Cindy McCain, FAO, Food
The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies is thrilled to welcome Ambassador Cindy Hensley McCain to the USUN Rome Mission. Ambassador McCain was sworn in by the Biden Administration to serve as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome on November 5th, 2021 and arrived in Rome on January 11, 2022. ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 12 January, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, Key Officials, News | Tags: Ambassador Cindy McCain, Ambassadro, Permanent Representative
