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Big US Food Shipment Marks Korea Progress

UN food program expects to feed 5M in North, gain access

Washington Post Washington Post Jun 30, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a major US food shipment arrived yesterday, North Korea has approved a plan for the UN's World Food Program to expand aid delivered to the country, and has agreed to allow UN monitors more access to track where the food ends up, the Washington Post reports. "This marks a major advance in the way we work in this country," an official said. More »

More about:  United Nations • North Korea • World Food Program

Leaders Rip Mugabe's 'Obscene' Trip to Food Talks

President accused of presiding over  starvation of his nation

BBC BBC Jun 3, 08 3:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - British and Australian ministers have blasted Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's attendance at a world food summit in Rome, charging him with turning his nation from the breadbasket of Africa into a country plagued by food shortages, reports the BBC. They also criticized him for using food aid given to ZImbabwe to further his own political goals. More »

More about:  United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • food shortage • food aid • World Food Program

 Burma Relents
 on Foreign Docs,
 Aid Workers

But only from ASEAN member nations

BBC BBC May 19, 08 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two and a half weeks after cyclone Nargis hit, Burma finally agreed today to allow foreign medics and disaster experts into the battered country, reports the BBC—but only from ASEAN member nations. UN chief Ban Ki-Moon also plans to jet to Burma on Wednesday to bring additional pressure to bear to speed relief to save thousands of children from starving to death. More »

More about:  United Nations • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • Ban Ki-Moon • military junta • aid workers • Irrawaddy Delta • World Food Program • Yangon • Than Shwe • Save the Children • ASEAN

UPDATED

 UN Resumes Food Aid to Burma 

Agency bristles at junta's intervention

Reuters Reuters May 9, 08 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN World Food Program reversed its decision to cut off food shipments to cyclone-stricken Burma, Reuters reports. The WFP had stopped the flow of aid this morning after the junta confiscated a two-plane food shipment. Nonetheless, "discussions continue with the government of Myanmar on the distribution of the food that was flown in today and not released to WFP," said WFP’s communications director. More »

More about:  Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • cyclone • junta • military junta • food aid • World Food Program

 Irate UN Cuts Burma Off
 After Junta Seizes Aid 

No reason given after goods confiscated

CNN CNN May 9, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - An enraged UN has shut off all further cyclone aid to Burma after its military junta seized two planes carrying a massive food shipment, CNN reports. “This is another example of them actively getting in the way of relief getting to the victims,” said the UN's Asia World Food Program director. The junta has also frustrated the UN by refusing to let aid workers enter the country. More »

More about:  United Nations • Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • cyclone • junta • humanitarian aid • World Food Program

 Burmese Junta
 Still Blocking
 Cyclone Aid 

'Second disaster' looms if aid is not allowed in

Washington Post Washington Post May 9, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Emergency supplies for some 1.5 million Burmese desperately in need of help are ready to be flown into the cyclone-stricken regions—but the military junta is still blocking delivery. Only two UN planes have been allowed to land in Burma. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tried unsuccessfully to telephone Burma's top general to make a personal appeal to allow more relief supplies to get through, reports the Washington Post . More »

More about:  United Nations • Burma • Myanmar • disease • Cyclone Nargis • junta • Ban Ki-Moon • hunger • emergency aid • Irrawaddy Delta • World Food Program • Save the Children

 First Major Aid
 Finally Reaches
 Cyclone Survivors 

But some planes grounded as officials dicker with junta to get help to villagers

Associated Press Associated Press May 8, 08 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A single United Nations plane laden with relief supplies has finally landed in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta region—six days after a pulverizing cyclone killed an estimated 100,000 people, AP is reporting. Three other UN planes are expected to land later today, but flights operated jointly by the US and Thailand remain grounded as officials continue to negotiate with Burma's reluctant military leaders to allow foreign aid into the stricken region, Reuters reports. More »

More about:  United Nations • Condoleezza Rice • Myanmar • cyclone • humanitarian aid • Irrawaddy Delta • World Food Program

UN Compares Food Crisis
to 'Tsunami'

International help needed before
situation deteriorates

Daily Telegraph (UK) Daily Telegraph (UK) Apr 22, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rising food prices are creating a crisis every bit as deadly as the tsunami of 2004, and the situation requires a similar response, the UN says. Political and business leaders from around the world gathered today in London and heard the head of the World Food Program, Josette Sheeran, call for "large-scale, high-level action by the global community," the Telegraph reports. More »

More about:  Gordon Brown • food prices • biofuel • World Food Program • World hunger

UN May Cut Food Rations
for Schoolkids

Soaring food prices raise 'world's misery index,' group says

Reuters Reuters Apr 19, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Food rations for hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren may be cut because of surging crop prices that have widened the World Food Program’s funding gap to $750 million, Reuters says. The UN food aid agency also blamed the situation on high fuel prices and reductions in new crop plantings. “The world’s misery index is rising,” the program’s top exec warned. More »

More about:  United Nations • food prices • farmer • crops • wheat • World Food Program • rice

 UN Pleads for $500M in Food Aid 

May cut food shipments to 73M hungry

Financial Times (UK) Financial Times (UK) Mar 24, 08 4:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A United Nations food program has issued an extraordinary emergency plea for an extra $500 million in aid, warning that shipments to the world's hungry may be rationed if the money can't be raised over the next month, reports the Financial Times . The World Food Program feeds some 73 million people in 80 countries. More »

More about:  United Nations • European Union • oil price • Canada • hunger • USA • Easter • World Food Program

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