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    The absence of a guaranteed safe passage for relief workers, despite numerous appeals by aid agencies, was also seriously hindering humanitarian assistance efforts, WFP said in today’s statement. “Guaranteed safe passage and respect of humanitarian principles must also be given by all parties to the conflict to avoid risking the lives of our staff,” WFP Regional Manager Paul Ares said in the statement. The statement added that the ECOMOG ban on the use of telecommunications equipment by aid workers was also severely hampering humanitarian work.

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