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NEW YORK, NY • 22 - 26 March – Conference A NMUN NY 29 March - 2 April – Conference B nmun.org/nmun_ny.html WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME BACKGROUND GUIDE 2015 Written By: Jenna Biegel, Amanda Wong, Collin A. King Contributions By: Josh Rogers NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE associationTM © 2014 National Model United Nations THE 2015 NATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION 22–26 March (Conf. A) & 29 March – 2 April (Conf. B) • www.nmun.org Roger H. Tseng & Dear Delegates, Théo Thieffry Secretaries-General We are pleased to welcome you to the 2015 National Model United Nations Conference New York Yvonne Jeffery & Kristina L. P. Mader (NMUN•NY)! The staff of this year’s World Food Programme (WFP) is: Director Jenna Biegel and Assistant Deputy Secretaries-General Director Collin King at Conference A and Director Amanda Wong at Conference B. Jenna is a student of Sameer K. Kanal & Geology and Computer Science at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. She has attended NMUN•NY Meg Martin since 2012, and this marks her second year on staff. Collin holds a B.A. in Government from New Mexico State Chiefs of Staff University, and is currently completing his M.A. in Government from New Mexico State University. This is Beatrice Soler & Collin’s first year on staff at NMUN•NY. Amanda holds a B.A. in Political Science from Simon Fraser Douglas C. Arseneault Assistant Chiefs of Staff University in Canada, and is in her last year of her M.Sc. program in Environmental Management. This is Amanda’s fourth year on staff at NMUN•NY. Harald Eisenhauer Assistant Secretary-General The topics under discussion for WFP are: Kristina Getty & Cara Wagner Under-Secretaries-General I. Empowering Women and Girls in the Fight against Hunger General Assembly II. Humanitarian Assistance in the Central African Republic and South Susan Ardis K. Smith & Monika Milinauskyte III. Disaster Risk Management and Food Security in Natural Disaster Situations Under-Secretaries-General Economic and Social Council WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency working to resolve hunger worldwide. WFP is responsible for Sonia N. Patel & Patrick Parsons delivering food to victims of war, civil conflict, and natural disasters and the agency also plays a role in the Under-Secretaries-General Development community rebuilding process post-disaster. WFP has four major types of operations: emergency operations to provide immediate assistance, relief and rehabilitation operations for after an emergency, development operations Andrea Wong & Rubai Aurora Under-Secretaries-General to improve food security for communities, and special operations to develop infrastructure needed for emergency Human Rights and operations. The agency reports its activities annually to the Economic and Social Council and the Food and Humanitarian Affairs Agriculture Organization. María Luisa Ortega & Allison Chandler Under-Secretaries-General At NMUN•NY 2015, we are simulating the Executive Board of WFP in terms of composition and size; however, Peace and Security delegates are not limited to the strict mandate of the Executive Board, as a budgetary and administrative body, Carl E. Dionne & Nguyen Cao during the conference. On the contrary, for the purposes of NMUN•NY 2015, and in line with the educational Under-Secretaries-General mission of the conference, the committee has the ability to make programmatic and policy decisions on issues Conference Services within the mandate of WFP in line with the overall function of the organization. ADVISORY GROUP Prof. JoAnn Aviel This background guide is not meant to replace further research and we highly encourage you to consider the Holger Bär background guide, Bibliography, and Annotated Bibliography as starting points as you explore in-depth your Hannah Birkenkötter Eugene Chen countries’ policies regarding these topics. In preparation for the conference, each delegation will be submitting a Prof. Francine D’Amico position paper. Please take note of the NMUN policies on the website and in the Delegate Preparation Guide Ronny Heintze Amierah Ismail regarding plagiarism, codes of conduct/dress code/sexual harassment, awards philosophy/evaluation method, etc. Rachel Johnson Adherence to these guidelines is mandatory. The NMUN Rules of Procedure are available to download from the Daniel Leyva, Jr. Miriam Müller NMUN website. This document includes the long and short form of the rules, as well as an explanatory narrative Prof. Vaughn Shannon and example script of the flow of procedure. It is thus an essential instrument in preparing for the conference, and Prof. Karen Vogel Nicholas Warino a reference during committee. Thera Watson Prof. Thomas Weiler If you have any questions concerning your preparation for the Committee or the Conference itself, feel free to NCCA BOARD of DIRECTORS contact the Under-Secretaries-General for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Andrea Wong (Conference Prof. Eric Cox, President A) and Rubai Aurora (Conference B). You can reach either USG at: [email protected]. Prof. Kevin Grisham, Vice-President Prof. Chaldeans Mensah, Treasurer Prof. Pamela Chasek, Secretary We wish you all the best with your preparation and look forward to seeing you at the Conference! Jennifer Contreras Raymond J. Freda Sincerely, Rachel Holmes Prof. Donna Schlagheck Prof. Markéta Žídková Conference A Conference B Members Ex-Officio Jenna Biegel, Director Amanda Wong, Director Michael Eaton Collin King, Assistant Director Executive Director Prof. Richard Murgo President Emeritus Prof. Richard Reitano President Emeritus The NCCA/NMUN is a Non-Governmental Organization associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information and a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of the United States. Table of Contents Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 United Nations System at NMUN•NY ........................................................................................................................ 4 Committee Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 History ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Mandate ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Governance, Structure, Membership .................................................................................................................................. 6 Function and Powers .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Current Priorities ................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Recent Sessions .................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Annotated Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Bibliography .................................................................................................................................................................... 10 I. Empowering Women and Girls in the Fight against Hunger ............................................................................. 13 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 13 International and Regional Framework ............................................................................................................................ 14 Role of the International System ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Role of Women and Girls in the Economy ...................................................................................................................... 16 Emergency Response and Recovery ................................................................................................................................ 17 Social and Economic Development Programs and Strategies .......................................................................................... 19 Post-2015 Development Goals and Priority Targets ........................................................................................................ 19 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Further