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Iran to send 5,000-ton aid consignment to Somalia

Tehran, Aug 24, IRNA – Iran plans to dispatch a 5,000-ton relief aid consignment to the famine-hit Somalians by sea in near future, said director of Iran Red Crescent Society’s Public Relations Department.
Talking to IRNA, Pouya Hajiyan added that it will also set up a treatment center in Somalia.
The consignment mainly includes pharmaceuticals as well as foodstuff needed by the Somalians.
Iran has so far sent six consignments, weighing almost 258 tons, to the famine-hit region in the horn of Africa.
The fifth and sixth humanitarian aid consignments were dispatched to the famine-hit Somalia on Monday (August 22) which has been designated as the ‘Day of Solidarity with Famine-Hit Somalia’.
The fourth consignment, weighing 40 tons, was sent by air on Sunday (August 21).
Somalia, which has been engulfed in conflict for nearly two decades, has been hit worst with famine in the Horn of Africa.
Iran on Thursday called for mobilization of regional and international capacities and setting up a special UN committee to help Somalia cope with the deepening famine.
Iran calls on all countries for urgent financial and non-financial aid for the war-- and famine-stricken African state through appropriate channels.
It also urged FAO to set up a special committee along with other international bodies to facilitate despatch of relief supplies for Somalia and issue transparent reports on the situation on the ground.
According to aid agencies, the drought is the worst in decades hitting Somalia, which has been without a functioning government since warlords overthrew the country’s dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991./end
Talking to IRNA, Pouya Hajiyan added that it will also set up a treatment center in Somalia.
The consignment mainly includes pharmaceuticals as well as foodstuff needed by the Somalians.
Iran has so far sent six consignments, weighing almost 258 tons, to the famine-hit region in the horn of Africa.
The fifth and sixth humanitarian aid consignments were dispatched to the famine-hit Somalia on Monday (August 22) which has been designated as the ‘Day of Solidarity with Famine-Hit Somalia’.
The fourth consignment, weighing 40 tons, was sent by air on Sunday (August 21).
Somalia, which has been engulfed in conflict for nearly two decades, has been hit worst with famine in the Horn of Africa.
Iran on Thursday called for mobilization of regional and international capacities and setting up a special UN committee to help Somalia cope with the deepening famine.
Iran calls on all countries for urgent financial and non-financial aid for the war-- and famine-stricken African state through appropriate channels.
It also urged FAO to set up a special committee along with other international bodies to facilitate despatch of relief supplies for Somalia and issue transparent reports on the situation on the ground.
According to aid agencies, the drought is the worst in decades hitting Somalia, which has been without a functioning government since warlords overthrew the country’s dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991./end