Italy

2004

Commemorative coin

50 years of the World Food Programme

Official Journal of the European Union

The foreground shows the globe, tilted to the right and bearing the inscription ‘WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME’, from which emerges an ear of wheat, an ear of maize and an ear of rice, the three grains representing the world's basic sources of nourishment. To the right of the globe is the I superimposed on an R denoting ‘Repubblica Italiana’, below which there appears a smaller combination of the letters U and P, the initials of the engraver, Uliana Pernazza. To the upper left of the globe there appears the mint mark ‘R’ and under the globe the year mark ‘2004’. The 12 stars of the European Union are positioned around the outer circle.

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) began its work in 1963 - its headquarters are in Rome. The humanitarian organisation is the most important institution of the United Nations in the fight against global hunger. It organises the supply of food to people in need after natural disasters, droughts or violent conflicts. In addition, the WFP also helps people in areas with a permanently poor nutritional situation and carries out development projects there.

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