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China moves from food aid recipient to donor -WFP
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 02 - 11 - 2006


China has achieved "massive success"
in combating hunger, moving from aid recipient to aid donor and
proving "hunger is a curable problem," the United Nations' food
aid agency said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
China has donated $1.75 million to the agency's work, its
first contribution since WFP aid to China ended last year, the
U.N. World Food Programme said.
Although the sum pales in comparison to the funds from major
donors -- the WFP's biggest donor, the United States, gave more
than $1 billion in 2004 -- the agency said it was particularly
significant coming from a former recipient.
"We are extremely grateful for China's support," WFP
Executive Director James Morris said in a statement which noted
China had received WFP aid for 26 years until last December.
"China's story proves that hunger is a curable problem," he
said, noting the government's efforts "to improve the lives of
poor Chinese in rural areas sends a strong signal to the rest of
the world that hunger is unacceptable in the 21st century."


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