Topic: Josette Sheeran
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More and more people need help in the Horn (of Africa) and we're now on high alert over the impact of the March to May long rains
Food crisis looms in Horn of Africa Apr 04, 2011
The outlook for the rains in eastern parts of the Horn (of Africa) is worrying, especially combined with rising food and fuel prices and conflict
Food crisis looms in Horn of Africa Apr 04, 2011
In keeping with the 2011 United Nations Women's Day theme of providing a pathway to decent work for women, we remember and celebrate all the women who fight with their lives to feed their families, their communities and their nations
WFP hails work of women in fighting hunger Mar 08, 2011
Vigorous and urgent action by nations and the world has been effective in helping to halt galloping hunger numbers
U.N.: World's hungry drop; still too high Sep 14, 2010
We are so grateful that these three men have been freed and our thoughts are with their families in Latvia who will be reunited with them in the coming days
U.N. hostages released after a month Dec 08, 2010
Josette Sheeran is the eleventh Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). She was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General Jacques Diouf in November 2006, and began her tenure April 2007. Prior to this post, she served as the United States Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs in the State Department since August 2005.
As Executive Director of WFP, Sheeran is responsible for managing the world’s largest humanitarian organization with nearly 11,000 staff worldwide. WFP provides emergency food aid to the world’s hungry as well as addresses the causes of chronic hunger. The UN estimates that there are more than 850,000,000 hungry and malnourished people, disproportionately represented by women and children who are often victims of war and natural disasters; those who do not have access to safe drinking water or sanitation; orphans and families affected by HIV/AIDS; and schoolchildren in poor communities.
"I think we can, in our lifetime, win the battle against hunger because we now have the science, technology, know-how and the logistics to be able to meet hunger where it comes," Ms Sheeran said.
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