US diplomat Cindy McCain to lead UN food agency

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 04, 2023 12:09 am

Rome, Italy: US diplomat Cindy McCain has been appointed new executive director of the World Food Program (WFP), the Rome-based UN agency said Thursday (Friday in Manila).

McCain, 68, who will replace David Beasley in April, tweeted that she was 'deeply honored' to take over at the helm of an organisation which has been getting emergency aid to people for nearly six decades.

Photo taken on March 10, 2020 shows the visitors' entrance to the United Nations headquarters in New York. US diplomat Cindy McCain has been appointed new executive director of the World Food Program (WFP), the Rome-based UN agency said on Thursday, March 2, 2023 (March 3 in Manila).

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