Bunia authorities to cooperate with humanitarian agencies

Local leaders in Bunia, northeastern DRC, have committed themselves to cooperating with humanitarian agencies in the area during a workshop organised by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) last Friday. The main objective of the workshop was to begin a process leading to the equitable and efficient delivery of humanitarian aid to a needy population, humanitarian sources said. The area has been
wracked by bloody inter-ethnic fighting between the Lendu and Hema communities.

The workshop resolved that local authorities and community leaders from both sides of the conflict should accompany humanitarian actors in the field. Community and religious leaders were called upon to popularise the understanding, concept and nature of humanitarian assistance.