Humanitarian issues


IHA/649
19 February 1998


Press Release
IHA/649


UNITED NATIONS SEEKS $109.4 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SUDAN

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NEW YORK, 19 February (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- A deadly combination of intensified fighting and widespread drought is threatening to displace hundreds of thousands of Sudanese from their homes and put entire communities at risk of severe hunger and life-threatening disease.