UNITED NATIONS INFORMED OF INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE PLAN FOR FOOD AIRDROPS IN KOSOVO

Press Release
SG/SM/7014

UNITED NATIONS INFORMED OF INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE PLAN FOR FOOD AIRDROPS IN KOSOVO

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The United Nations has been informed of a plan by the International Rescue Committee to conduct airdrops over Kosovo in order to provide emergency food aid to internally displaced persons. The United Nations welcomes any initiative which may help to relieve the urgent needs of displaced persons in Kosovo. The World Food Programme (WFP) has agreed to observe the inspection by Societe Generale de Surveillance, a Swiss firm, of the loading of the aircraft for these airdrops, to certify that only food supplies for humanitarian purposes are loaded.

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