AFP. 27 September 2001. Venezuelan humanitarian mission gears up to aid Afghan refugees.
CARACAS -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said a humanitarian mission from the South American nation would be deployed to aid refugees from Afghanistan as soon as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) gives the go-ahead. "If we get the green light from the United Nations," Chavez told the daily El Nacional, "planes carrying medicine, food, tents, water and aid workers will take off immediately." He said the group, led by an Army general whom he did not identify, would be made up of both military officials and civilians. A UNHCR representative here said some 1.5 million people have fled Afghanistan, fearing retaliatory strikes from the United States. ------------------------------------------- Macdonald Stainsby Rad-Green List: Radical anti-capitalist environmental discussion. http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green ---- Leninist-International: Building bridges in the tradition of V.I. Lenin. http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international ---- In the contradiction lies the hope. --Bertholt Brecht _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
