The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) invites members of the Princeton University community to a lecture and High Tea featuring David M. Beasley, former Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) and former Governor of the state of South Carolina on May 10, 2023 at 4:00 pm. Mr. Beasley will be in conversation with Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Founding Director of LISD, about critical issues of global food and water security in today’s crisis-prone world. Participants are encouraged to ask questions during a Q&A session following the lecture. Mr. Beasley was Executive Director of the WFP from April 2017 until April 2023. During his tenure, he restructured the WFP and raised over $50 billion to enable this UN organization to feed nearly 400 million people. Mr. Beasley will discuss global challenges to food supply, and lessons learned from his leadership of the WFP. A biography of Mr. Beasley is available for further reading. This event will be held in the C
Pope Francis greets pilgrims before his general audience Feb. 26, 2020. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA.Vatican City, Feb 23, 2023 / 02:45 am (CNA).The Vatican said Thursday that Pope Francis is suffering from a heavy cold.The Feb. 23 message said that due to a "strong cold," the pope distributed copies of his speeches at two morning appointments, rather than read them aloud as usual.Francis still took part in the two audiences: the first with young priests and monks from Eastern Orthodox Churches and the second with a delegation from the German NGO and non-profit Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science.The Vatican did not indicate in the morning whether there would be further changes to Pope Francis Feb. 23 schedule due to being under the weather.The Vatican later said at noon Rome time that Pope Francis last appointment of the day, a meeting with the YMCA Italy, had been canceled.It also confirmed that other meetings went forward as planned.The pope met with the former pres
Topics United Nations | srilanka emergency | sri lanka IANS | Colombo Last Updated at December 15, 2022 08:46 IST https://mybs.in/2b2vIrM United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) has approved $74.87 million worth of assistances to economically burdened Sri Lanka's Country Strategic Plan (CSP) from 2023 to 2027. The WFP's Executive Board approved CSP is to be effective from next
United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) has approved $74.87 million worth of assistances to economically burdened Sri Lanka's Country Strategic Plan (CSP) from 2023 to 2027.The WFP's Executive Board approved CSP is to be effective from next .
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