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EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR VOICES SORROW OVER DEATH OF ICRC STAFF

MEMBER IN IRAQ; ALSO EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR MISSING NGO STAFF

LIBERIA’S HUMANITARIAN NEEDS INCREASE, AS SECURITY SITUATION DETERIORATES

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE WORSENS, SAY UN OFFICIALS

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘SWIFT AND GENEROUS’ RESPONSE

TO APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AID FOR IRAQI PEOPLE

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today, by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a press conference launching the flash appeal for humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people:

DISPLACEMENT IN CENTRAL LIBERIA COULD OVERBURDEN HUMANITARIAN RESOURCES

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR SADDENED BY KILLING

OF FOUR RED CROSS WORKERS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

RENEWED FIGHTING IN LIBERIA DISPLACES MORE CIVILIANS

NEW YORK, 18 March (OCHA) -- Fighting between Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy Rebels and Liberian Government forces in Liberia’s Bong County has caused an estimated 15,000 persons to flee the town of Gbarnga toward Totota, where there are already an estimated 60,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs).  There are unconfirmed reports that another

UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT WORSENING

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN BAIDOA

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NAIROBI, 12 March (OCHA) -- United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Maxwell Gaylard is deeply concerned about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in and around Baidoa, where fighting for control of the town has disrupted aid activities for more than eight months.

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HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN ERITREA FACE FUNDING CRISIS

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CÔTE D’IVOIRE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DECLINES, AS POLITICAL IMPASSE CONTINUES