WFP URGENTLY SENDS MORE EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO CONFLICT VICTIMS IN DRC KINSHASA – The United Nations World Food Programme said today that urgently needed WFP food aid was being airlifted aboard helicopters from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) for thousands of people fleeing fighting in Katanga Province of the eastern DRC.
UN AGENCY HEADS ON UNPRECEDENTED TRIP TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION GENEVA – The heads of three of the United Nations largest humanitarian agencies are embarking on their first joint mission to visit their common operations.