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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... Hunger, agreed that ending the flights would hurt the relief effort.The U.N. World Food Program’s Paul Risley said the move to end the flights is a routine step as relief efforts in Myanmar shift to reconstruction following the May 2-3 cyclone that killed 84,537 people and left 53,836 more missing, according to the government.The U.N. helicopters have allowed relief workers to reach...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... Hunger, agreed that ending the flights would hurt the relief effort.The UN World Food Programme's Paul Risley said the move to end the flights is a routine step as relief efforts in Myanmar shift to reconstruction following the May 2-3 cyclone that killed 84,537 people and left 53,836 more missing, according to the government.The UN helicopters have allowed relief workers to reach...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Faced with an acute shortage of funds, the United Nations World Food Programme is hoping an international appeal would help it continue its operations in providing succour to cyclone survivors in Burma.“Right now we still need about 28 million dollars for continuing emergency operations to provide food to 750,000 affected people for over six months,” said Paul Risley, spokesperson of...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
New Delhi – Faced with an acute shortage of funds, the United Nations World Food Programme is hoping an international appeal would help it continue its operations in providing succour to cyclone survivors in Burma."Right now we still need about 28 million dollars for continuing emergency operations to provide food to 750,000 affected people for over six months," said Paul Risley, spokesperson...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The United Nations World Food Programme has said it is working out details with the government to begin importing food from abroad to supply to cyclone survivors, in Burma’s southwest Irrawaddy and Rangoon division.Paul Risley, spokesperson of WFP in Bangkok said, the organization has been buying food locally since it begun supplying aid to cyclone victims, but would now consider shipping...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
New Delhi – The United Nations World Food Programme has said it is working out details with the government to begin importing food from abroad to supply to cyclone survivors, in Burma's southwest Irrawaddy and Rangoon division.Paul Risley, spokesperson of WFP in Bangkok said, the organization has been buying food locally since it begun supplying aid to cyclone victims, but would now consider...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
... World Food Program signed a new agreement with Pyongyang to bolster its presence in North Korea. Paul Risley, spokesman for the WFP's Asia operations, says the deal is great news for North Korea's malnourished population."It will allow for increased staff, it will allow for much larger amounts of food, and instead of feeding roughly one million people we feed presently, we will likely...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
... recent years."To some degree, this agreement is part of a greater openness by North Korea," said Paul Risley, a spokesman for the World Food Program based in Bangkok.After sailing from the U.S. West Coast, the American-flagged M/V Baltimore arrived in Nampo, the North's main western port near Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, on Sunday evening.On Monday, it began unloading half...
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CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
... of state sponsors of terrorism. North Korea agreed to the new aid program Friday, WFP spokesman Paul Risley said, the same day Pyongyang blew up the reactor tower. The American food supplies will help the WFP expand its operations to feed more than 5 million people, up from 1.2 million who receiving international aid, the organization said in a statement. The increased aid comes as...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
... of a greater openness by North Korea and that certainly is demonstrated in this agreement," said Paul Risley, a Bangkok-based spokesman for the WFP.Today in Asia - PacificAfter sailing for several weeks from the U.S. west coast, the American-flagged M/V Baltimore arrived in Nampo, the North's main port near Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, on Sunday evening.On Monday, it began...
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MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
... plutonium for atomic bombs.MSNBCNorth Korea agreed to the new aid program Friday, WFP spokesman Paul Risley said, the same day Pyongyang blew up the reactor tower.The American food supplies will help the WFP expand its operations to feed more than 5 million people, up from 1.2 million who receiving international aid, the organization said in a statement.Dire warnings The increased...
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Pravda (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
... sponsors of terrorism. The North's government agreed to the new aid program Friday, WFP spokesman Paul Risley said. That was the same day Pyongyang blew up the reactor tower following the U.S. concessions. The American food supplies will help the WFP expand its operations to feed more than 5 million people, up from the current 1.2 million North Koreans getting help from outside handouts,...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
New Delhi — The UN World Food Programme has said airlifting aid supplies to Burma's cyclone victims continues with an aid of USD 3 million given by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).WFP spokesperson in Bangkok, Paul Risley, however, said airlifting aid supplies could stop by end of June unless more assistance was provided for its logistical needs."We have enough funds...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
... Myanmar. "The use of the helicopters remains critical to the overall humanitarian relief effort," Paul Risley, a WFP spokesman, told IRIN. "The money we have right now will keep us to the end of the month. At that point, we have to reassess what is feasible and what is possible." The agency's financial crunch reflects the wider difficulties confronting the relief operation for survivors...
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
... Myanmar. "The use of the helicopters remains critical to the overall humanitarian relief effort," Paul Risley, a WFP spokesman, told IRIN. "The money we have right now will keep us to the end of the month. At that point, we have to reassess what is feasible and what is possible." The agency's financial crunch reflects the wider difficulties confronting the relief operation for survivors...
