Editing World Food Programme (section)

==History==
WFP was established in 1961<ref>{{cite web|title=UN Food Programme – History|url=https://www.wfp.org/history|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009104141/https://www.wfp.org/history|archive-date=9 October 2020|access-date=9 October 2020|publisher=World Food Program}}</ref> after the 1960 [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO) Conference, when [[George McGovern]], director of the US [[Food for Peace]] Programmes, proposed establishing a multilateral food aid programme. WFP launched its first programmes in 1963 by the FAO and the [[United Nations General Assembly]] on a three-year experimental basis, supporting the [[Nubians|Nubian population]] at [[Wadi Halfa]] in Sudan. In 1965, the programme was extended to a continuing basis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/widget/file/zalite_wfp_unday2013_0.pdf|title=World Food Programme – An Overview|author=Elga Zalite|website=Stanford University Library|access-date=9 October 2020|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002064413/https://library.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/widget/file/zalite_wfp_unday2013_0.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>