New York, Dec 7 2009 9:10AM
A senior United Nations official today begins a three-day mission to Zimbabwe to assess the humanitarian situation and meet with Government officials, aid workers and donors to map out how the UN can support humanitarian and early recovery activities in the Southern African country over the next year.
Catherine Bragg, the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and the UN's Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, will also jointly launch an appeal for Zimbabwe today with senior officials from the Government.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that Ms. Bragg's trip is aimed at reviewing the overall humanitarian situation and studying the linkages between aid work and early recovery efforts by UN agencies and partner organizations.
Zimbabwe has been plagued by widespread humanitarian suffering in recent years, driven in part by long-running political strife.
Dec 7 2009 9:10AM
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