December 19, 2022
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Nobel Prize-winning WFP chief to step down

Beasley was appointed to the UN post in 2017 by then-US President Donald Trump, and was recommended for the job by Nikki Haley…reports Asian Lite News

Executive director of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), David Beasley, announced that he will step down at the end of a six-year term in April 2023.

A Republican who served one term as South Carolina’s governor from 1995 to 1999, Beasley said serving in this capacity has been the greatest joy and deepest heartache of his life.

“Thanks to the generosity of governments and individuals, we have fed so many millions of people. But the reality is we have not been able to feed them all — and the tragedy of extreme hunger in a wealthy world persists,” he said in a statement, AP reported.

Beasley was appointed to the UN post in 2017 by then-US President Donald Trump, and was recommended for the job by Nikki Haley, another former South Carolina governor and former ambassador to the UN.

Beasley succeeded Ertharin Cousin, an American lawyer and former US ambassador.

The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020 for fighting hunger and seeking to end its use as “a weapon of war and conflict” at a time when the coronavirus pandemic threatened to exacerbate starvation.

In March 2022, Beasley’s term was extended under the Biden administration for an extra year, it was reported.

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