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Aid agency champions protection of civilians

    NAIROBI

    The international relief agency Action Against Hunger (AAH)-USA recently joined a coalition of over 150 American NGOs operating abroad in a campaign to support victims of African crises and it called on US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and National Security Advisor Sandy Berger to put in as much effort to support peace processes and sustain victims of conflict in Africa as it is in Kosovo. A statement from AAH, received by IRIN, said it had asked the two to propose to the US Congress "funding levels sufficient to give strong support" to peace processes in Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, the DRC and Ethiopia/Eritrea.

    It also proposed higher levels of US assistance for African victims of continuing conflict and the maintenance - or increase - of aid levels for African countries emerging from conflict or still wracked by violence. AAH said it was "extremely concerned" about the fate of civilian populations whose rights to food, health and protection were "constantly violated by warring factions".

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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