ROME-- British actor Jeremy Irons took a swipe at the United Nations’ often sluggish bureaucracy during his inauguration as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.

By Alyx Barker

ROME -- Leading ‘hungercrats’ at the World Food Day ceremony today spoke of the need to combat volatile food prices.

 HELSINKI– The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) President, Kanayo Nwanze, has made one of his first public appearances since

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 ROME – Next week-end’s election of a new Director General for the U.N.

 CANBERRA – The U.N. World Food Programme  has announced the appointment of Jessica Watson as youth representative to support the organisation in the global fight against hunger.

ROME — Dark horse Indonesia's candidate to run the U.N.

ROME - A convoy of trucks from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has entered Libya and is due to arrive in the eastern port city of Benghazi today.

ROME - A ship chartered by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) carrying more than 1000 metric tons of wheat, at the request of the Red Crescent in eastern Libya, to the Libyan port of Ben

ROME -The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Josette Sheeran, has travelled to Tunisia for meetings with government officials to discuss humanitarian needs arising from

ROME- On the eve of the one year anniversary marking the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Executive Director of WFP Josette Sheeran has stated how “much remains to be done”.

Brazil has at last confirmed its candidature for the election next year to the FAO leadership, raising hopes for an end to the rudderless epoch under the water-tredding Senegalese director general,

ROME- International food import bills could pass the one trillion dollar mark in 2010 with prices in most commodities up sharply from 2009, FAO said today.