World Food Program Archives | U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome

The U.S. Role in International Organizations’ Response to COVID-19

The United States is by far the most generous and reliable contributor to crisis response and humanitarian action through the United Nations and dozens of international organizations. U.S. assistance, monetary and in-kind contributions, expertise and technology, are indispensable to the effort to combat COVID-19

By USUN Rome Mission | 31 March, 2020 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News | Tags: Covid-19, Humanitarian Assistance, World Food Program

U.S. Statement at the Opening of the February 2019 WFP Executive Board

Executive Director Beasley, as you have consistently reminded the world, the number of people who are hungry, malnourished, and suffering from conflict continues to rise. We applaud your unstinting efforts and your willingness to take -- as you did in Yemen -- a strong and principled stand to best ensure that relief is directed and ...

By USUN Rome Mission | 26 February, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Key Officials, Policy, USAID, USDA | Tags: Food Security, Humanitarian Assistance, WFP, World Food Program

Remarks by Chargé d’Affaires Thomas Duffy at the Opening of the WFP Executive Board

We have entered a period of food insecurity not seen since the founding of the United Nations at the end of the Second World War, with 80 million people across the globe now living in highly food insecure environments. Twenty million are in fact so severely food insecure that many of them are in danger ...

By USUN Rome Mission | 15 November, 2017 | Topics: Agriculture, Chargé D’Affaires, Key Officials, News | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, WFP, World Food Program

Statement From Ambassador Nikki Haley on the Release of World Food Program Aid Worker Peter Alex From South Sudan

UNITED STATES MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK Office of the Press and Public Diplomacy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2017 Statement From Ambassador Nikki Haley on the Release of World Food Program Aid Worker Peter Alex From South Sudan We are relieved to learn that Peter Alex, a World Food Program aid ...

By USUN Rome Mission | 4 May, 2017 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Peter Alex, South Sudan, World Food Program

Remarks by Karla Thieman, Chief of Staff, U.S.D.A., at the FAO Conference on Rural Women

As agriculture professionals, we play a pivotal role in ending hunger and poverty. As this challenge has been confronted by numerous international organizations, faith-based groups and governments, women have emerged as playing a major role in agriculture around the globe. But often, their voices are still not heard and they are still not invited to ...

By USUN Rome Mission | 16 December, 2016 | Topics: Agriculture, Key Officials, News, Speeches, U.S. & USUN Rome | Tags: FAO, Food waste; USDA; Food Loss;, Nutrition, World Food Program, world food security

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