Zimbabwe: Humanitarian needs remain grave
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, 25 February 2009 - Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary General. The UN Humanitarian Mission to Zimbabwe, made up of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, led by the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Catherine Bragg, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the World Food Programme, has concluded its mission to that country, and the mission reports that it found that humanitarian needs in the country remain grave. The mission said that its discussions with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and a number of cabinet ministers were positive, and the mission received assurances of full cooperation. OCHA said that the international community has been very generous to the people of Zimbabwe, and they may receive requests for additional resources based on new assessments of the evolving situation. View the complete briefing (Real Media, 15 minutes): http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pressbriefing/2009/brief090225.rm News Story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30015&Cr=zimbabwe&Cr1=
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