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It is important for WFPUSA to issue a statement today in support of Ambassador Cousin's appointment as Executive Director of WFP. Following is the draft statement that I plan to issue. What do you think?


World Food Program USA Welcomes Appointment of Ambassador Ertharin Cousin as New Executive Director of U.N. World Food Program
Statement from Rick Leach, president and CEO, WFP USA

Washington, DC - On behalf of World Food Program USA and our board of directors, I congratulate Ambassador Ertharin Cousin on her appointment as Executive Director of the U.N. World Food Program.
Ambassador Cousin brings the vision, commitment and energy required to unite the international community around solutions to global hunger. With her decades of experience in national and international corporate, non-profit and government leadership, I am certain that she will effectively engage both the public and private sectors to help lift those in need from extreme hunger and poverty. In her service as U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome, Ambassador Cousin has proven her deep knowledge of food security policy and her commitment to fighting world hunger.
Ambassador Cousin will be an effective and innovative leader of WFP and we are looking forward to working with her in the fight against hunger.


World Food Program USA (WFP USA) is a nonprofit organization that builds support in the United States to end global hunger. WFP USA engages individuals and organizations, shapes public policy and generates resources for the United Nations World Food Program and other hunger relief operations.

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Following is the statement issued by Secretary Clinton / the State Department:
Appointment of Ambassador Ertharin Cousin as Executive Director of the World Food Programme

Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
January 17, 2012

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I am delighted to congratulate Ambassador Ertharin Cousin on her appointment by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Food and Agriculture Organization Director General Jose Graziano da Silva to serve as the next Executive Director of the World Food Programme.
For over 50 years, the World Food Programme has played a vital role in reducing global hunger, poverty and undernutrition worldwide, providing assistance to millions of men, women, and children in desperate need.
It has been an honor to support Ambassador Cousin's work as U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome, where she has been central to designing and implementing our country's food security policies. I am confident that she will continue to be a powerful voice in the global fight against hunger and lend her energy, optimism and experience to the World Food Programme.


PRN: 2012/06