from wfp.org
ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme today appealed for US$1.3
billion to fund a massive food aid operation in response to the Iraq crisis.
The request is part of the overall $2.2 billion appeal for all humanitarian
assistance for Iraq in the coming six months which is being launched by the UN
in New York.
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BUT IN AFRICA!
from un.org
7 April - With international attention focused on the humanitarian situation
arising from the conflict in Iraq, the head of the United Nations World Food
Programme (WFP) today urged the Security Council not to forget the 40 million
Africans in greater peril of starvation.
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In his briefing, which covered his recent trip to southern Africa and provided
an outlook on the food situation in Ethiopia, Eritrea, the Sahel and West
Africa, Mr. Morris noted that while a massive intervention covering the needs
in Iraq has been launched for a total of $1.3 billion over the next six
months, the average family in that country still has about a month's supply of
food. "I can assure you, these 40 million Africans, most of them women and
children, would find it an immeasurable blessing to have a month's worth of
food," he said.
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"As much as I don't like it, I cannot escape the thought that we have a double
standard. How is it we routinely accept a level of suffering and hopelessness
in Africa we would never accept in any part of the world? We simply cannot let
this stand," the WFP chief said.