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UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator to visit DRC and Congo-Brazzaville

[Rwanda] Prisoners crowded into Kigali's central prison, 1995. IRIN
Prisoners crowded into Kigali's central prison, 1995.

The UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths is to travel to the DRC and Congo-Brazzaville from 18-23 January to review humanitarian conditions, according to OCHA headquarters in New York. In the DRC he will discuss mechanisms for cooperation in the delivery of humanitarian assistance to all areas affected by fighting. In Brazzaville he will assess humanitarian requirements and discuss coordination arrangements with UN agencies.


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