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WFP - World Food Programme
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World Food Programme (WFP) was established by the United Nations and the FAO in 1961 with the goal to eradicate hunger and malnutrition.
WFP provides food aid for emergency situations and supports economic and social development. It also functions as a coordinator of all food aid.
The WFP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from governments and some private corporations. The donations can be made either in cash, food or services.
The WFP is headquartered in Rome.
Documentation
The WFP official web site provides background information, news, full text documents and reports.
Annual reports from 1995 onwards are posted at the WFP official web site.
WFP submits an annual report to the ECOSOC in the documentary series Economic and Social Council Official Records. Supplement No. 16. It provides a summary of the WFP programme and activities with references to relevant documents and reports. A complete collection in print is included in the UN collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.
A summary of the work of the World Food Programme for a given year with references to essential documents can be accessed through the Yearbook of the United Nations, Part Three, Economic and Social Questions, Food and nutrition. Food aid. A complete collection of yearbooks is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva. Since October 2008 the complete full text collection of The United Nations Yearbooks is available online at http://unyearbook.un.org/.
Databases and Indexes
References to WFP documents and reports from 1979 onwards with links to full texts for recent years can be accessed through the United Nations online catalogue - UNBISnet.