World IN BRIEF : BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA : Death From Hunger Feared for Children
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Children in Sarajevo will start dying of starvation within a month unless there is a huge increase in the amount of food sent there, a top U.N. health expert said. Donald Acheson said the health of the entire population of the Bosnian capital, under siege for six months, might reach a critical state by mid-November. Acheson, special representative of the World Health Organization, appealed for governments to fulfill longstanding promises to send trucks, aircraft and peacekeepers.
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