THE Republic is to donate €60 million to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) over the next three years.
This commitment makes the state one of the largest per capita donors to the WFP, which feeds 80 million of the most malnourished people in 75 countries, and also plays a significant role in the UN’s global campaign for zero hunger.
Food minister Simon Coveney said: “The spotlight is on the acute refugee crisis we are seeing day after day in Europe and this demands a response.
“Funding commitments to WFP will not solve the current crisis but they will provide the WFP will the practical means to deliver emergency assistance to the most needy and fragile and to ensure that life-saving supplies of food and nutrition are available at short notice.”
