From irin@dha.unon.org Tue Nov 12 20:51:34 1996
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 15:11:52 +0300 (GMT+0300)
From: UN DHA IRIN - Great Lakes <irin@dha.unon.org>
To: irinwire@dha.unon.org
Subject: Burundi: Sanctions Coordinating Committee Press Release 96.10.24


[The following Press Release has been received from the Office of the
Regional Chairman of the Sanctions Coordinating Committee in Nairobi.]


                          PRESS RELEASE

In response to the Arusha III Summit meeting concern over the fate of
internally displaced persons under the care of UN Agencies and
Non-Governmental Organisations in Burundi, the regional Sanctions
Coordinating Committee during its extraordinary meeting in Arusha on 21
October, 1966, allowed the importation of the following items to cater for
the 250,000 displaced persons in Burundi:-


i.   Food
ii.  Bean Seeds
iii. Water purification agents
iv.  Blankets
v.   Plastic sheeting
vi.  Jerry cans and buckets
vii. Cooking materials (pots and utensils)
viii.Sanitary facilities
ix.  Mats.

Quantities and details of the above will have to be defined by the
respective UN systems and NGOs and be submitted to the Office of the
Regional Chairman of Sanctions Coordinating Committee before importation.
The decision has been taken by the Committee on humanitarian grounds. 

Nairobi
24th October, 1996

[For additional information/clarification please contact the
Office of the UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP, Nairobi telephone
228776.]


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