UN Assistant Secretary-general is due in Yemen next week
The Source: 26 September Net - 22/1/2009
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Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Program, Mr John Powell is due to arrive in Yemen next week on a visit during which he will meet a number of officials to discuss ways of strengthening and developing relations between the program and the relevant authorities in Yemen. Well-informed sources said to 26 September Net that during a visit, it would be discussed the program's support for development in Yemen, the possibility of raising the assistance to contribute to the development in Yemen, in addition to issues related to international cooperation and Yemen's relations with the International Organization of the United Nations. The sources added it would be discussed Yemen's special efforts to the displaced people from the Horn of Africa and the threat of additional economic burdens on Yemen that requires international support.
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