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Humanitarian issues


AFR/663-IHA/787
11/07/2003
Press Release
AFR/663
IHA/787


AID AGENCIES STRUGGLE TO MEET NEEDS IN LIBERIA


[OCHA]

NEW YORK, 10 July (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Despite the relative calm stemming from a tenuous ceasefire in Monrovia, aid workers are struggling to meet the needs of Liberians.  Humanitarian agencies in Monrovia are constrained by an uncertain security environment coupled with shortages of both staff and supplies in the face of growing needs.