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
Director-General Beagle, the United States fully aligns itself with your report to this Assembly of Parties. As you noted, now is the time rededicate ourselves to the values of the UN Charter. Working together, with actions grounded in multilateralism, rule of law, and human rights, we can indeed build a world that is more peaceful, ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 1 December, 2022 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, News, Speeches, U.S. & USUN Rome | Tags: alternate permanent representative, IDLO, Jan Beagle, justice, remarks, Rule of Law, speech, Ukraine, Ukraine war, usa, USUN Rome
With U.S. assistance, the U.N. World Food Programme recently made Ukrainian wheat shipments to the Horn of Africa and to Yemen — areas suffering severe droughts and conflicts.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 7 October, 2022 | Topics: Agriculture, News, USAID | Tags: grain, Humanitarian Assistance, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine grain, Ukraine war, UN, WFP
By USUN Rome Mission | 1 September, 2022 | Topics: Agriculture, News, USAID | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, Ukraine, WFP
I welcome the arrival of the Brave Commander, a ship carrying 23,300 metric tons of Ukrainian grain that will be distributed within Ethiopia and Somalia, two severely food insecure countries wracked by continuous drought.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 31 August, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases | Tags: Africa, Ukraine, WFP
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome, Cindy H. McCain, will visit Guatemala from July 23 - July 27 and Honduras from July 27 - July 30, 2022. During her trip, she will lead a media tour to various U.S.-funded UN projects to showcase how the U.S. government, the UN ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 29 July, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, embassy, Key Officials, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, USAID | Tags: Ambassador, Ambassador McCain, america, central america, cri, crisis, food crisis, guatemala, honduras, IFAD, mccain, media, Media Tour, official trip, Russia, travel, Ukraine
You see, Russia may think this is a war on Ukraine, but this is also a war on food. I say again—this is a war on food, and though we may not realize it, this war on food affects every one of us in the room. And make no mistake, it is not sanctions, but ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 20 June, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches | Tags: Ukraine, WFP, WFP Executive Board
We call for an immediate end to Russia’s continuing war against Ukraine and for Russia to facilitate unhindered humanitarian access in Ukraine and safe passage for those who seek to leave the cities where they are trapped. Humanitarian aid deliveries must be allowed to continue without interference, and humanitarian workers must have safe passage to deliver ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 16 March, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, Press Releases | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, Ukraine
This additional assistance includes support to the UN World Food Program (WFP) to provide lifesaving emergency food assistance to meet immediate needs of hundreds of thousands affected by the invasion, including people who are displaced from their homes and who are crossing the border out of Ukraine.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 10 March, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, Refugees, Ukraine, WFP
The United States is gravely concerned about the situation in Ukraine. Russia’s attack on Ukraine was unprovoked and unjustified.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 8 March, 2022 | Topics: News | Tags: FAO, Ukraine, WFP
Ambassador Cindy McCain delivered the following statement by the United States at the World Food Programme Executive Board Rome, February 28, 2022 The United States condemns this nomination and believes that a representative from Russia should not be elected to the position of vice president in the World Food Programme (WFP). Russia’s attack on Ukraine ...
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By USUN Rome Mission | 28 February, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches | Tags: Ambassador McCain, Ukraine, WFP, World Food Program
It is with the welfare of ordinary Ukrainians in mind that we are announcing the provision of nearly $54 million in humanitarian assistance to those affected by Russia’s further invasion.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 28 February, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, Ukraine
The world is now witnessing what Vladimir Putin means when he says he does not want war.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 25 February, 2022 | Topics: News, USAID | Tags: Ukraine, USAID
Since 2001, the United States has provided more than $1.7 million to support 18 cultural preservation projects in Ukraine. Support is provided by the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the U.S. Department of State.
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By USUN Rome Mission | 8 February, 2022 | Topics: Art & Culture, News | Tags: cultural heritage, ICCROM, Ukraine
