WFP EMERGENCY (EMOP) FOR NIGERIAN REFUGEES IN

UNCLAS ROME 004056

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C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (BRUSSELS DELETED FROM PASS LINE)

FROM U.S. MISSION IN ROME

STATE FOR PRM/P AND IO/EDA
INFO USAID FOR A/AID, DCHA/FFP LANDIS
USDA/FAS FOR CHAMBLISS/TILSWORTH/GAINOR
GENEVA FOR RMA AND NKYLOH/USAID

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID EAGR PREF EU UN
SUBJECT: WFP EMERGENCY (EMOP) FOR NIGERIAN REFUGEES IN
CAMEROON


1.IN DECEMBER 2001 AND JANUARY 2002, CONFLICTS OVER
PASTURELANDS LED TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
FROM THE TARABA STATE OF NIGERIA, WHO SOUGHT REFUGE IN THE
NORTH WEST AND ADAMAOUA PROVINCES OF CAMEROON.


2. BY THE END OF 2002, MUCH OF THE LIVESTOCK OF THE REFUGEES
HAD BEEN LOST OR SOLD, AND IN FEBRUARY 2003, A JOINT WFP,
UNHCR, AND GOVERNMENT OF CAMEROON FOOD AND NON-FOOD NEEDS
ASSESSMENT MISSION NOTED A DETERIORATION IN THEIR FOOD
SITUATION AND DETERMINED THAT EMERGENCY, SHORT-TERM FOOD AID
IS URGENTLY NEEDED.


3. WFP'S APPEAL FOR THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD FROM 15 AUGUST 2003
TO 14 FEBRUARY 2004 IS ESTIMATED AT U.S. DOLLARS (USD)
798,021, WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION BY UNHCR
AND THE CAMEROONIAN RED CROSS OF ABOUT 1,150 METRIC TONS OF
FOOD DURING THE LEAN SEASON TO ABOUT 17,000 REFUGEES,
INCLUDING ALMOST 4,000 CHILDREN AND PREGNANT AND NURSING
WOMEN.


4. A DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTION AND RESOURCE UPDATE IS
FOUND ON THE WFP WEBSITE. HALL

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