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NAIROBI, class="ok"> Feb class="ok"> 9 class="ok"> (AFP) class="ok"> - class="ok"> The class="ok"> UN class="ok"> World class="ok"> Food class="ok"> Programme class="ok"> (WFP) class="ok"> issued class="ok"> an class="ok"> urgent class="ok"> appeal class="ok"> Thursday class="ok"> for class="ok"> food class="ok"> for class="ok"> close class="ok"> to class="ok"> three class="ok"> million class="ok"> displaced class="ok"> Rwandans, class="ok"> warning class="ok"> of class="ok"> riots class="ok"> and class="ok"> terrible class="ok"> scenes class="ok"> of class="ok"> famine class="ok"> if class="ok"> donors class="ok"> do class="ok"> not class="ok"> respond.
"Hunger class="ok"> is class="ok"> one class="ok"> of class="ok"> the class="ok"> few class="ok"> things class="ok"> you class="ok"> can't class="ok"> postpone," class="ok"> WFP class="ok"> Deputy class="ok"> Executive class="ok"> Director class="ok"> for class="ok"> Global class="ok"> Operations class="ok"> Daan class="ok"> Everts class="ok"> told class="ok"> a class="ok"> press class="ok"> conference class="ok"> in class="ok"> Nairobi.
"Disaster class="ok"> may class="ok"> befall class="ok"> us class="ok"> if class="ok"> we class="ok"> can't class="ok"> procure class="ok"> food class="ok"> in class="ok"> enormous class="ok"> quantities. class="ok"> Just class="ok"> pledging class="ok"> food class="ok"> is class="ok"> not class="ok"> enough class="ok"> -- class="ok"> it class="ok"> takes class="ok"> two, class="ok"> three class="ok"> or class="ok"> four class="ok"> months class="ok"> to class="ok"> come class="ok"> through. class="ok"> We class="ok"> need class="ok"> cash class="ok"> to class="ok"> buy class="ok"> locally. class="ok"> Without class="ok"> food, class="ok"> we class="ok"> are class="ok"> likely class="ok"> to class="ok"> see class="ok"> riots class="ok"> and class="ok"> gruelling class="ok"> scenes class="ok"> of class="ok"> starvation."
Everts class="ok"> said class="ok"> the class="ok"> response class="ok"> from class="ok"> donors class="ok"> for class="ok"> three class="ok"> hundred class="ok"> million class="ok"> dollars class="ok"> in class="ok"> cash class="ok"> and class="ok"> food class="ok"> for class="ok"> 1995 class="ok"> had class="ok"> been class="ok"> "very class="ok"> hesitant," class="ok"> adding class="ok"> that class="ok"> one-third class="ok"> of class="ok"> all class="ok"> WFP class="ok"> aid class="ok"> had class="ok"> gone class="ok"> to class="ok"> Rwandans class="ok"> last class="ok"> year, class="ok"> and class="ok"> that class="ok"> donors class="ok"> wanted class="ok"> to class="ok"> distribute class="ok"> their class="ok"> aid class="ok"> to class="ok"> other class="ok"> crisis class="ok"> areas class="ok"> as class="ok"> well.
"We class="ok"> are class="ok"> deeply class="ok"> concerned class="ok"> about class="ok"> the class="ok"> amount class="ok"> of class="ok"> food class="ok"> needed class="ok"> to class="ok"> keep class="ok"> victims class="ok"> alive, class="ok"> both class="ok"> in class="ok"> Rwanda class="ok"> and class="ok"> in class="ok"> camps class="ok"> around class="ok"> its class="ok"> borders," class="ok"> he class="ok"> said.
Everts class="ok"> said class="ok"> 153 class="ok"> tonnes class="ok"> of class="ok"> food class="ok"> was class="ok"> needed class="ok"> to class="ok"> provide class="ok"> food class="ok"> to class="ok"> Rwandans class="ok"> up class="ok"> till class="ok"> July, class="ok"> at class="ok"> a class="ok"> cost class="ok"> of class="ok"> 78.6 class="ok"> million class="ok"> dollars. class="ok"> The class="ok"> WFP class="ok"> had class="ok"> already class="ok"> "borrowed, class="ok"> begged, class="ok"> scraped" class="ok"> and class="ok"> "almost class="ok"> stolen class="ok"> from class="ok"> other class="ok"> projects" class="ok"> to class="ok"> make class="ok"> up class="ok"> the class="ok"> shortfall, class="ok"> he class="ok"> said.
"These class="ok"> actions class="ok"> ... class="ok"> will class="ok"> have class="ok"> a class="ok"> major class="ok"> effect class="ok"> on class="ok"> WFP's class="ok"> capacity class="ok"> to class="ok"> respond class="ok"> to class="ok"> emergency class="ok"> needs class="ok"> elsewhere class="ok"> in class="ok"> the class="ok"> world class="ok"> this class="ok"> year. class="ok"> We class="ok"> have class="ok"> only class="ok"> bought class="ok"> time. class="ok"> Resources class="ok">
