1st U.N. World Food Programme Vessel Leaves Ukraine, Boosting Efforts to Get Food Supplies to People Threatened by Famine
August 18, 2022
August 18, 2022
ROME, Italy, Aug. 18 -- The United Nations World Food Programme issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022:
The first maritime shipment of Ukrainian wheat grain for humanitarian operations run by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) left Ukraine's Yuzhny (Pivdennyi) Port today, another important milestone in efforts to get much needed Ukrainian grain out of the conflict-hit country, back into global markets, and to countries worst affected by the global food crisis.
. . .
The first maritime shipment of Ukrainian wheat grain for humanitarian operations run by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) left Ukraine's Yuzhny (Pivdennyi) Port today, another important milestone in efforts to get much needed Ukrainian grain out of the conflict-hit country, back into global markets, and to countries worst affected by the global food crisis.
. . .