ROME – World Food Programme Deputy Director Amir Abdulla came under pressure to resign before he is fired Saturday after an external review on sexual harassment

ROME – Dozens of World Food Progamme women staffers say they have been raped or subject to attempted rape or other sexual assault by senior colleagues or bosses while working at the UN agency, many

ROME – FAO Director General Qu Dongyu has relaxed a curb on business class travel by hungercrats at the UN agency, raising hopes among staff that China may increase its contribution to the embattle

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 ROME — After what now looks like the token axeing of the FAO HR director for alleged serial sex harassment, the new Chinese supremo at the UN poverty-busting agency seems to be following in the fo

 BERLIN – Germany’s support for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is crucial for continued assistance to millions of Syrians inside and outside the country, said the UN

 ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme is putting together an emergency response to provide food to Ebola survivors and those potentially carrying the virus.

ROME – FAO Chinese supremo Qu Dongyu faced the first major diplomatic test of his reign Tuesday after host country Italy’s nationalist government demanded it be given a deputy director general posi

 ROME – The Food and Agriculture Organization advertised Monday for a new Human Resources director following the dismissal this month by the new Chinese management of HR supremo Fernando Servan in

 ROME — FAO staff and consultants paid tribute Monday at their headquarters to former director general Jacques Diouf, who died last week-end at age 81.

 ROME -- The new Beijing-ruled regime at the FAO has got off to a chaotic start as new Chinese attachés hired to the Cabinet of the UN agency have little or no knowledge and are incapable of speaki

 ROME -- The Food and Agriculture Organization confirmed this week the departure of its former Human Resources director Fernando Servan following his investigation and summary dismissal amid charge

 GENEVA – Protecting and restoring forests and urgently revamping the global food system through dietary change are the key solutions to the escalating land and climate crisis, an authoritative UN

 ROME – Veteran FAO hatchet man Basharat Ali became interim human resources director of the FAO Thursday, replacing for the time being disgraced Peruvian honcho Fernando Servan, who was suspended f

 ROME — UN investigators have opened three separate cases against FAO human resources chief Fernando Servan including alleged charges of sexual harassment, corruption in hiring and abuse of power,

 ROME -- Food and Agriculture Organisation Director General Qu Dong Yu ordered the suspension from duty Tuesday of the Peruvian Human Resources director Fernando Servan, who was dubbed a 'sex  pred

  ROME — The Chinese FAO Director General,

ROME – The new Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has vowed to make the agency more dynamic, transparent and inclusive.

TRIPOLI, Libya – A boat carrying some 300 migrants traveling to Europe capsized off the coast of Libya Thursday, with some 150 believed to have drowned according to a spokesman for the United Natio

DHAKA, Bangladesh – The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) is working to help more than 275,000 people affected by floods in north western Bangladesh with an innovative forecast-based finan

ROME – The editor of the Italian Insider  John Phillips was convicted Friday on charges of besmirching the image of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), but was cleared of cha

ROME – The editor of the Italian Insider was found guilty at the Rome Tribunal Friday of criminal libel against the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), but was cleared of charges relating