WFP is an executive member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, a consortium of UN entities that aims to fulfil the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, with a priority on achieving SDG 2 for "zero hunger" by 2030.
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WFP was established in 1961 after the 1960 Food and Agriculture Organization Conference, when George McGovern, director of the US Food for Peace Programmes, proposed establishing a multilateral food aid programme.
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WFP launched its first programmes in 1963 by the FAO and the United Nations General Assembly on a three-year experimental basis, supporting the Nubian population at Wadi Halfa in Sudan.
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WFP operations are funded by voluntary donations principally from governments of the world, and from corporations and private donors.
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WFP is governed by an executive board which consists of representatives from 36 member states, and provides intergovernmental support, direction and supervision of WFP's activities.
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WFP is headed by an executive director, who is appointed jointly by the UN Secretary-General and the director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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In September 2022, WFP warned of record numbers of people who were either starving already or facing starvation.
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WFP's emergency is pre-emptive, in offsetting the potential impact of disasters.
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WFP is the lead agency of the Logistics Cluster, a coordination mechanism established by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee .
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The WFP-managed United Nations Humanitarian Air Service serves over 300 destinations globally.
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WFP manages the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot, a global network of hubs that procures, stores and transports emergency supplies for the organization and the wider humanitarian community.
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WFP provided cash to vulnerable groups ahead of torrential rains in Bangladesh in July 2019.
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WFP is a member of a global consortium that forms the.
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WFP connects smallholder farmers to markets in more than 40 countries.
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In 2008, WFP coordinated the five-year Purchase for Progress pilot project.
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FFA reflects WFP's drive towards food assistance and development rather than food aid and dependency.
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WFP won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its "efforts for combating hunger", its "contribution to creating peace in conflicted-affected areas, " and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of food as a weapon of war and conflict.
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