Mercy Corps: Urgent Call for ECOWAS to Adopt Exceptions Necessary to Allow Humanitarian Needs Under Niger Sanctions
December 06, 2023
December 06, 2023
PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 6 (TNScapv) -- The Mercy Corps issued the following agency statement on Dec. 5, 2023:
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We, INGOs having significant humanitarian operations in Niger, call on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to urgently adopt formal exceptions for humanitarian action in the sanctions regime on Niger to ensure that aid can flow in an orderly and timely manner to the civilians of Niger, at a time of dramatically increasing need. More than . . .
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We, INGOs having significant humanitarian operations in Niger, call on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to urgently adopt formal exceptions for humanitarian action in the sanctions regime on Niger to ensure that aid can flow in an orderly and timely manner to the civilians of Niger, at a time of dramatically increasing need. More than . . .