ROME: Kuwait used to be re-elected as Govt Board member of the International Meals Program (WFP) for an additional two-year time period as of January 1, 2023, till December 31, 2024. This got here all through the 168th consultation of the Council of the UN Meals and Agriculture Group (FAO), these days held in Rome, with the participation of 49 nations, together with Kuwait.

Kuwait’s Everlasting Consultant to FAO Yousef Juhail lauded the re-election for a brand new time period and the renewal of the FAO Council’s self belief in Kuwait. This displays Kuwait’s place and its robust partnership in international humanitarian paintings, he mentioned.

Juhail, who headed the Govt Board, mentioned re-electing Kuwait for a fourth time period in ten years is a certificates of appreciation that activates Kuwait to proceed its humanitarian position to serve the susceptible and marginalized segments the world over. Kuwait, which chaired the Govt Board for the primary time on January 1, 2016 till December 31, 2018, has been thought to be one of the crucial exceptional nations that will pay a lot consideration to humanitarian actions of the WFP. – KUNA