[RED DEMOCRATICA] WFP's food distribution in Syria faces funding crisis

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Russia claims Syrian rebels used sarin in March attack Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   July 10, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story WFP's food distribution in Syria faces funding crisis The United Nations World Food Programme may have to cut food distribution to Syria's displaced people because of a $700 million shortfall, says WFP's Muhannad Hadi. "We've gotten to a stage, if displaced people inside Syria don't get food from the World Food Programme, they simply will not eat," Hadi says. 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"We have to challenge converting a girl, even with her consent, into an economic commodity," says Lakshmi Sundaram of Girls not Brides. Inter Press Service (7/10) Share:      Peacekeeping and Security Egypt gets funding from Saudis, UAE Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are pledging $8 billion in aid to Egypt to help build a foundation under the new government. Meanwhile, Egyptian authorities ordered the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Badie on charges of inciting violence. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/9), Al Jazeera (7/10), Al Jazeera (7/10) Share:      Syrian rebels prevent humanitarian aid to government-held parts of Aleppo Reuters (7/10) Share:      Taliban temporarily closes its office in Qatar Al Jazeera (7/9) Share:      17 killed, including 4 children, by bomb in western Afghanistan Al Jazeera (7/9) Share:      Suicide bomber kills adviser to Pakistan's president Reuters (7/10) Share:      Can U.S. motivate new efforts on nuclear policy? 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