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UN humanitarian chief blasts Israel for 'deliberately' blocking aid to Gaza • May 13, 2025, 6:42 PM ET (AP)
UN memo lays out proposals for sweeping reforms and consolidation of its operations • May 2, 2025, 4:00 PM ET (AP)
World Food Program and other UN aid agencies slash jobs amid US funding cuts, officials say • Apr. 29, 2025, 2:31 PM ET (AP)
Israeli airstrike kills 10 people, half of them children, as mediators try to restart a ceasefire • Apr. 26, 2025, 12:11 PM ET (AP)
UN food agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel's blockade • Apr. 25, 2025, 12:31 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Programme Alimentaire Mondial • WFP
Date 1961 - present
Areas Of Involvement economic development • social welfare program • relief • food

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