Eritrea: UN Humanitarian Official Calls On International Community to Support Eritrea's Progress

20 November 2012

The international community must support Eritrea as it strives to end hunger and increase its resilience to severe climatic conditions, a United Nations humanitarian official said today following a two-day visit to the Horn of Africa country.

"Working together, we can build food security and enhance nutrition amongst the Eritrean population, supporting the Government in their efforts to halve the number of people in hunger by 2015," said John Ging, the Director of Operations at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

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