Josette Sheeran became the eleventh Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme in April 2007. As leader of WFP, Ms. Sheeran oversees the world's largest humanitarian agency, which plans to feed 90 million people in 80 countries in 2008. WFP reaches out to hungry people who cannot help themselves, with a special emphasis on women and girls who suffer disproportionately from hunger and malnutrition. WFP aid recipients include victims of war and natural disasters, orphans and families affected by HIV/AIDS, and schoolchildren in poor communities.
Josette Sheeran was appointed to the post at the end of 2006 by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf and her appointment was unanimously approved by the WFP Executive Board. Josette Sheeran comes to the post after serving as Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs at the United States Department of State. There Sheeran was responsible for economic issues including development, trade, agriculture, finance, energy, telecommunications and transportation, with much of her focus on economic diplomacy to help developing nations advance towards economic self-sufficiency and prosperity.
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