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13/08/2003
UN team moves in to coordinate Liberian aid lift
The UN has sent an 11-person team into the Liberian capital Monrovia to help efforts to get food and clean water to thousands of people crowding the capital's streets.
Delivering food to needy people is the "top humanitarian priority," and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said it "hoped to immediately resume full-scale distribution" in the capital once access to its warehouse has been granted by the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebels who control it.
Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Carolyn McAskie plans to meet with UN national staff and humanitarian non-governmental organizations, as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross, to discuss the most effective ways to proceed with relief operations now that UN international staff have returned.
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that 10 international staff had arrived in Monrovia, including three specialists in child protection. UNICEF said high-energy biscuits and oral rehydration salts would be arriving by plane tomorrow or Friday.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is flying in supplies, including food and equipment, for re-stocking their office in Monrovia. Later today it plans to fly in staff and fuel.
On Friday a UNHCR ship carrying food supplies for some 7,000 people will arrive. That ship is expected to ferry Sierra Leonean refugees back to Freetown.
(gmcg)
Delivering food to needy people is the "top humanitarian priority," and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said it "hoped to immediately resume full-scale distribution" in the capital once access to its warehouse has been granted by the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebels who control it.
Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Carolyn McAskie plans to meet with UN national staff and humanitarian non-governmental organizations, as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross, to discuss the most effective ways to proceed with relief operations now that UN international staff have returned.
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that 10 international staff had arrived in Monrovia, including three specialists in child protection. UNICEF said high-energy biscuits and oral rehydration salts would be arriving by plane tomorrow or Friday.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is flying in supplies, including food and equipment, for re-stocking their office in Monrovia. Later today it plans to fly in staff and fuel.
On Friday a UNHCR ship carrying food supplies for some 7,000 people will arrive. That ship is expected to ferry Sierra Leonean refugees back to Freetown.
(gmcg)
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