USAID's Michael Hess and World Food Program's Jean Jacques Graisse to Discuss Southern Africa Food Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2005
Press Office: 202-712-4320
Public Information: 202-712-4810
http://www.usaid.gov/
http://www.cgdev.org/
WASHINGTON – With the on-set of the African hunger season, top leaders from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the UN World Food Program (WFP) will provide an update on the ongoing food crisis in Southern Africa (affected countries include Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho).
Learn what the U.S. and the international community are doing to avert a humanitarian crisis and the outlook for the vulnerable populations of region.
| WHO: |
WHO: USAID Assistant Administrator Michael Hess and UN World Food Program Deputy Director Jean Jacques Graisse
|
|
WHAT: | Foreign Press Center On-the-Record Briefing
|
|
WHEN: | Monday, December 19, 2005 at 2:00 p.m.
|
|
WHERE: | 800 National Press Building, 529 14th Street, NW
|
|
TOPIC: | U.S. and UN Food Relief to Southern Africa
|
|
CONTACT: | If you would like to attend this briefing or receive more information, please contact Gabrielle Price at pricegm@state.gov by 10 AM, Monday, December 19, 2005. |
The U.S. Agency for International
Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance
worldwide for more than 40 years.
Back to Top ^
|
