Liberia Coordination Meeting

04 August 2003

UMCOR hosted a "Special Meeting on Liberia" on Thursday, 31st July in Freetown, attended by 17 organizations. The meeting covered an update on the actual situation in Monrovia and other areas, reports from NGOs currently operating in Liberia and future plans of action. The US Government Disaster Assistance Relief Team (DART) for Liberia was present at the meeting.

The next meeting will be held at the Humanitarian Information Center at UN OCHA on Monday, 4th August at 14:30.

Organizations attending were:

ACF (Action Contre la Faim) Africare
ARC (American Refugee Committee)
Concern
CRS (Catholic Relief Service)
DART / OFDA (Disaster Assistance Relief Team)
IMC (International Medical Committee)
LWF (Lutheran World Federation)
Merlin
MSF Belgium (Médecins Sans Frontières)
NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council)
Save the Children UK
UMCOR (United Methodist Committee On Relief)
UN OCHA
World Relief
World Vision