Spoetnik
31-03-05, 10:43
Increasing numbers of children in Iraq do not have enough food to eat and more than a quarter are chronically undernourished, a UN report says.
Malnutrition rates in children under five have almost doubled since the US-led invasion - to nearly 8% by the end of last year, it says.
The report was prepared for the annual meeting of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva.
It also expressed concern over North Korea and Sudan's Darfur province.
Jean Ziegler, a UN specialist on hunger who prepared the report, blamed the worsening situation in Iraq on the war led by coalition forces.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4395525.stm
Het vernietigen van de boerderijen door de Amerikaanse troepen begint z'n tol te eisen.
Malnutrition rates in children under five have almost doubled since the US-led invasion - to nearly 8% by the end of last year, it says.
The report was prepared for the annual meeting of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva.
It also expressed concern over North Korea and Sudan's Darfur province.
Jean Ziegler, a UN specialist on hunger who prepared the report, blamed the worsening situation in Iraq on the war led by coalition forces.
(...)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4395525.stm
Het vernietigen van de boerderijen door de Amerikaanse troepen begint z'n tol te eisen.