Summary:
Monaco has participated in the annual session of the World Food Programme’s Board of Directors, discussing various ongoing crises and the importance of emergency food aid.
Full Story:
Monaco recently participated in the annual session of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Rome. The session began with a celebration of International Women’s Day in diplomacy. During her speech, the Executive Director, H.E. Ms. Cindy McCain, discussed ongoing crises in various areas, including Gaza, Sudan, the Sahel, Haiti, Yemen, Myanmar, and Ukraine. She highlighted the importance of emergency food assistance in these regions and called on members to use their political and diplomatic weight to ease access constraints, ensure the safety of humanitarian workers, and negotiate political solutions to end conflicts that contribute to hunger and suffering worldwide. The WFP Executive Board approved several items, including the 2023 Annual Performance Report, the Management Plan for 2024-2026, and three country strategic plans, including the Kingdom of Lesotho for the period 2024-2029. As part of the session, H.E. Ms. Anne Eastwood met with Lesotho’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, who expressed appreciation for Monaco’s partnership with the WFP to support school feeding and small-scale farmers in two districts severely affected by poverty, malnutrition, and the consequences of climate change. Monaco is committed to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) and has made food security one of its main areas of intervention. The WFP is Monaco’s largest multilateral partner, with nine ongoing development projects, over half of which focus on school feeding programs. These initiatives align with the WFP’s 2020-2030 School Feeding Strategy and the Global School Feeding Coalition launched in 2021.
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Gouvernement Monaco
