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Donors on fact-finding visit

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    Representatives of international donors began a five-day fact-finding visit to Sierra Leone on Monday, OCHA reported. They will be looking at humanitarian and post-war recovery needs in Sierra Leone, for which the United Nations launched a consolidated interagency appeal of US $88.6 million in November 2001.

    The 22 representatives are from Canada, the European Community Humanitarian Office, the European Union, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. They will visit Kailahun and Kono in the east, Kambia (northwest) and Pujehun (south) to gain knowledge of the challenges facing residents in these areas.

    They will also review the country's humanitarian landscape, including emergency relief, reintegration, rehabilitation and recovery needs and discuss some of these issues with government officials, OCHA said. Their interlocutors will include the minister of development and economic planning, the head of the National Commission for Social Action, and the executive director of the National Commission for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration.

    The representatives, whose visit is being hosted by the UN Country Team in Sierra Leone, will also meet UN agencies, the World Bank, NGOs and other donor officials based in the country.

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