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Tatiana and her colleagues pay regularvisits to the Zhigulevsk juvenile correctionalfacility to meet with young peopleserving their term and provide whateverhelp is needed. The assistance is notnecessarily of a legal or administrativenature; it may be just offering a helpinghand. “Recently, one of young people atthe facility turned to us with a request tofind his brother, and, just imagine, wehave indeed found him!” Tatiana recallswith a smile.Ombudspersons for children have alot of work to do, and their workloadis unlikely to decrease in the nearfuture. These highly-skilled expertsmanage to address issues that sometimesseem impossible to resolve; theyhelp children to grow up and develop ina more friendly and supportive socialenvironment. It is for this reason thatUNICEF has no intention to give up itssupport for the institution of children’sombudspersons in Russia and intends tofurther promote the development oftheir network.Yelena Andreeva, Anna KochinevaMore information is availableat www.unicef.ruand www.ombudsmandeti.ruUNICEFTel.: (7 495) 933–88–18Fax: (7 495) 933–88–19www.unicef.ruWorld Food ProgrammeRussia Saves Millionsfrom Hunger"Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, throughnational effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resourcesof each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the freedevelopment of his personality."(Article 22 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights)Over fifty years after the adoption ofthe Universal Declaration of HumanRights, 923 million people on the planetsuffer from hunger, including 820 millionin the developing world, 25 million incountries in transition, and 9 million indeveloped states. Today, death fromhunger threatens every seventh person inthe world, which makes hunger and malnutritiona major threat to people, moredangerous than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.The mankind does not turn a coldshoulder on those starving – they gethelp from individuals, NGOs, privatecompanies, and most of all from states.For several years now, the RussianArrival of the Russian donation to WFP for humanitarian aid to Azerbaijan.December 2007.Federation has been in this honourablelist of donors.In 2008, the Federal Law on the StateBudget for 2008 and for the PlannedPeriod of 2009 and 2010 stipulated aUS $11 million contribution to theWorld Food Programme (WFP) in2008, US $15 million – in 2009, and US$15 million – in 2010.relationship between WFP and“Tthe Russian Federation has grownever stronger over the past few years, andI would like to thank Russia for thegenerous support,” said Ms JosetteSheeran, WFP Executive Director, afterlearning about Russia’s planned contributionsfor the next three years.he role of Russia as a donor is“Tincreasing in view of food pricesgrowth that entails a global food crisis,”said Ms Inge Breuer, WFPRepresentative and Country Directorin the Russian Federation, whoparticipated in the work of a group ofexperts on developing UN strategies inresponse to the global food crisis inNew York in June.According to recent forecasts, thenumber of people in the world inneed of food aid will increase by 100,000UN in RUSSIA No.5 (60) 7