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The World Food Programme [a] (WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations that provides food assistance worldwide. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization [2] [3] and the leading provider of school meals. [4] Founded in 1961, WFP is headquartered in Rome and has offices in 87 countries. [5]
The Oil-for-Food Programme (OIP) was established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) [1] to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs for ordinary Iraqi citizens without allowing Iraq to boost its military capabilities.
The program, largely developed by the eleventh Executive Director of the WFP, Josette Sheeran, arose as the WFP desired to purchase food in a way that was part of the "solution to hunger". [3] These efforts are aligned with recommendations issued by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that call for an establishment of ...
Oil and vinegar may refer to: Salad dressing, which may contain mixes of oil and vinegar French dressing, a term originally used for any oil-and-vinegar-based salad dressing; Vinaigrette, made by mixing an oil with something acidic such as vinegar or lemon juice; Oil and Vinegar, a screenplay by John Hughes that was never produced
The United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) is a humanitarian platform and network of hubs strategically located around the world, that provide supply chain solutions to the international humanitarian community.
The Oil-for-Food Program Hearings were held by the U.S Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations beginning in 2004 to investigate abuses of the United Nations (UN) Oil-for-Food Programme in which the economically sanctioned country of Iraq was intended to be able to sell limited amounts of oil in exchange for vital food and medicine for its population.
United States v. Ninety-Five Barrels Alleged Apple Cider Vinegar, 265 U.S. 438 (1924), was an in rem case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that apple cider vinegar is mislabeled when that vinegar is made from dried apples. [1] The label at issue indicated that the vinegar was made from "selected" apples.
WFP or World Food Programme is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations. WFP may also refer to: Water Fed Pole, a window cleaning tool; Western Forest Products, a Canadian lumber company; Windows File Protection; Windows Filtering Platform, Microsoft software for (for example) connection monitoring and firewalling