• U.S. Ambassador Cindy McCain has been appointed to head the U.N. World Food Program, the world s largest humanitarian organization, which aims to help millions of people confronting conflicts, disasters and the effects of climate change. Last week s appointment of McCain, the widow of Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain, was announced by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General Qu Dongyu. McCain has been the U.S. envoy to the Rome-based food program and the Food and Agriculture Organization since November 2021, and the chiefs called her "a champion for human rights" with "a long history of giving a voice to the voiceless." The president of the food program s board, Polish Ambassador Andrej Pollok, welcomed McCain s selection, saying she takes over "at a moment when the world confronts the most serious food security crisis in modern history." An advocate for ch
U.S. Ambassador Cindy McCain was appointed Thursday to head the U.N. World Food Program, the world’s largest humanitarian organization which aims to help nearly 150 million people confronting conflicts, disasters and impacts of climate change this year. The appointment of McCain, widow of Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain. was jointly announced…
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U.S. Ambassador and longtime Arizonan Cindy McCain was appointed Thursday to head the U.N. World Food Program, the world’s largest humanitarian organization.