UAE: Humanitarian aid for Eritrea

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Att.Editors: The following item is by the United Arab Emirates news agency (WAM)

ABU DHABI, Feb 19 2003 (IPS) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent Society (RCS) is to execute next week a humanitarian program in Eritrea in a bid to ease the suffering of the population because of food shortage.

RCS Board Chairman Khalifa Al Suweidi told Eritrean ambassador Osman Idris Jimey that the relief supplies include large quantities of foodstuff and medicines. He assured the envoy of the RCS ‘ readiness to help Eritrea pass the current hard times.

Jimey expressed deep thanks to the society for its generous assistance to his country. He also briefed Al Suweidi on the humanitarian situation in Eritrea, saying that more than two millions people are facing abject humanitarian conditions because of food shortage following the failure of the farming season due to lack of rains.