UN INTER-AGENCY MISSION STRESSES NEED TO STRENGTHEN HUMANITARIAN WORK IN ZIMBABWE
Ms Catherine Bragg, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, led a five-day visit to Zimbabwe. At a press conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 26 February 2009, Ms.Bragg told press that Zimbabwe will gladly receive any and all humanitarian assistance, but with a cholera epidemic expanding rapidly into rural areas and millions still food insecure, much more will be needed for months to come. Full media statement here.