UN sent an appeal for humanitarian aid

New York, December 4th - The United Nations has appealed to donors throughout the world to provide aid worth 181 million dollars for Yugoslavia in 2001, official of the UN office for coordination of humanitarian aid, Steven Glisen, told Tanjug in New York.

The relief will be used for programmes which have already begun to be realized, especially those intended for refugees and displaced persons, but this aid will be also used for new programmes, which will cover the most needy - the old, ill people and children.

The UN asked at a meeting with donors last week in Brussels, through its office for coordination of aid, for an entire package of humanitarian relief for southeastern European countries, including Yugoslavia, which will be worth 429 million dollars in total.

According to the official, the world organization hopes that the donors will respond to the appeal and provide more relief than before.

The appeal to donors, announced at the UN New York headquarters, said that about half a million refugees from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and more than 200,000 displaced persons are present in Yugoslavia.