Ending
hunger is one of the United Nations' most important goals. There are two United
Nations agencies specifically devoted to addressing the important issue of food
security -- ensuring that all people have access all of the time to the food
that they need to lead healthy lives.
Since its founding in 1945, FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations, has been helping to lead international efforts to end world
hunger. The agency provides information and expertise to developing countries,
helping to improve agriculture, fisheries and forestry practices to increase the
available food supply and provide better nutrition. FAO also provides a forum
where representatives of all nations can debate international policies and negotiate
international agreements to help build a world without hunger.
www.FAO.org
The
World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations agency that works to meet
emergency needs for food around the world in times of disasters, for refugees
and in the ongoing battle to feed the world's poor who have no access to food.
It also promotes policies that support economic and social development that will
benefit the world's poor and hungry.
www.WFP.org
