UN calls for exemption to Niger sanctions restricting aid supplies
(VOVWORLD) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday called for the urgent lifting of border and airspace restrictions to allow entry for more needed aid supplies for Niger.
 People in Niger (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
According to OCHA’s announcement, significant amounts of urgently needed medical supplies, equipment, and food stocks are stranded in neighboring countries.
It warned that the closure of airspace affects movement in and out of Niger with the consequence of putting the ongoing crisis into a humanitarian emergency.
OCHA said humanitarian exemptions from border and air closure sanctions are urgently required to allow humanitarian stocks to be replenished.