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ROME, ITALY - JULY 25: Josette Sheeran, World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director, attends an international emergency meeting held in Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome to examine measures to address the crisis in the Horn of Africa and to mobilize...

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ROME, ITALY - JULY 25: Josette Sheeran, WFP Executive Director, attends an international emergency meeting held in FAO headquarters in Rome to examine measures to address the crisis in the Horn of Africa and to mobilize international support for affected countries, on July 25, 2011 in...

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Head of UN's World Food Programme (WFP) Josette Sheeran speaks during emergency talks on the crisis at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on July 25, 2011 in Rome. The UN urged a 'massive' effort to save millions of people in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa...

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Somalia Vice Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim (R) listens to the head of UN's World Food Programme (WFP) Josette Sheeran as they take place for emergency talks on the crisis at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on July 25, 2011 in Rome. The UN urged a 'massive'...

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Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) gestures during a press conference about a program to the aid of drought- and famine-affected populations in the Horn of Africa in Rome's FAO headquarters, Monday, July 25, 2011.

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Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), holds a package of Wawa Mum, a special food for infants and young children, during a press conference about a program to the aid of drought- and famine-affected populations in the Horn of Africa in Rome's...

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US Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), left, next to Mohamed Mohamud Hajji Ibrahim, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia, gestures during a press conference about a program to the aid of drought- and famine-affected...

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UN World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran (R) and Australia's Minister Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd addresses a news conference in Kenya's capital Nairobi July 24, 2011. Australia urged the international community on Sunday to rally behind the U.N. relief effort in the...

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World Food Program's 2011 George McGovern Leadership Award recipients Bill Gates, second from left, and Howard Buffett, second from right, pose with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, and WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran at the conclusion of a ceremony honoring Gates...

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Executive Director of the World Food Programme, WFP, Josette Sheeran, deliver her speech on the occasion of a FAO, food and agriculture organization, World Food Day ceremony, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011.

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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Antonio Guterres (R), along with World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, Josette Sheeran (L) and UN Women Executive Director, Michelle Bahellet (C) visit the Dadaab refugee camp in north eastern Kenya, on April 3, 2011. Security...

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U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres (R) talks to World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran (L) and Executive Director for U.N. Women Michelle Bachelet (C) at the Dagahaley camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border, April 3, 2011. Drought and two...

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A handout photo provided by the Osservatore Romano shows Pope Benedict XVI (L) speaking with UN World Food Program Executive Director Josette Sheeran on March 2, 2011 during their meeting at the Vatican.

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Pope Benedict XVI (L) speaks with Josette Sheeran, UN World Food Programme Executive Director, during their meeting after the pontiff's Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican on March 2, 2011.

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UN World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran answers questions from reporters during a news conference at the end of a meeting about the Horn of Africa crisis at the FAO headquarters in Rome July 25, 2011. The UN held emergency talks in Rome on Monday to discuss increased...

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UN World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran meets newly arrived Somali refugees at the Dadaab refugee camp, near the Kenya-Somalia, July 23, 2011. The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) has said it cannot reach more than 2 million Somalis facing starvation in areas...

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UN World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran addresses a news conference in Kenya's capital Nairobi July 24, 2011. Australia urged the international community on Sunday to rally behind the U.N. relief effort in the famine-struck Horn of Africa or risk hundreds of thousands...

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The Executive Director of the World Food Program Josette Sheeran speaks during a press conference in Addis Ababa on July 20, 2011. WFP said that 11.3 million people are in need of food assistance due to drought in the Horn of Africa. Twelve million people in the drought-hit Horn of...

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The Executive Director of the World Food Program Josette Sheeran points to a map of Somalia that shows level of drought during a press conference in Addis Ababa on July 20, 2011. Twelve million people in the drought-hit Horn of Africa region need emergency aid, the UN food agency said...

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The Executive Director of the World Food Program Josette Sheeran speaks during a press conference in Addis Ababa on July 20, 2011. Twelve million people in the drought-hit Horn of Africa region need emergency aid, the UN food agency said on Wednesday, appealing for $120 million (84...

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France's Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Land Management Minister Bruno Le Maire (L) welcomes Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), at the G20 Agriculture summit in Paris June 23, 2011. G20 members were on the verge of inking an agreement...

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United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Josette Sheeran gestures during a press conference on raising of food prices in Paris, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Last week, the United Nations said food costs are at their highest point since the agency began tracking them 20...

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Pope Benedict XVI (L) talks with Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) during a private audience at the Vatican March 2, 2011.

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Pope Benedict XVI (R) is greeted by Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) during a private audience at the Vatican March 2, 2011.

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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI greets United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Josette Sheeran, after the pope's general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 2, 2011.