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UNICEF appeals for emergency funds

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    UNICEF has appealed to donors for emergency assistance for women and children victims of war. Almost 50 million women and children were facing extreme danger in various parts of the world, Nils Katsberg, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes, told a headquarters press briefing yesterday. He said women and children were increasingly the deliberate targets in civil conflicts. UNICEF is requesting approximately US $136 million for emergency assistance for 20 countries worldwide as part of this year’s United Nations Consolidated Appeal launched in December 1998. The funds are earmarked for countries which are in conflict or post-conflict situations. UNICEF has a target figure of $7,750,000 for Sierra Leone and $8,791,300 for Guinea Bissau. (Details of the 1999 UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone can be found of http://www.reliefweb.int)

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