Pope meets with head of World Food Program 10 percent of people experience extreme poverty and need to be proactively reached out to by suppliers Trending David M. Beasley, executive director of the UN World Food Programme. Pope Francis met with David M. Beasley, the executive director of the UN World Food Program, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020. Headquartered in Rome, the WFP is the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. The private papal audience was held in the apostolic library at the Vatican Jan. 28, and the Vatican provided photographs but no other details.