The United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) today launched a consolidated inter-agency appeal for US $65.3 million to fund emergency humanitarian activities in Liberia during the first six months of 1995.

The upsurge in fighting that began more than a year ago in Liberia has been disastrous for the country's civilian population. Recent assessments indicate that 1.8 million persons inside Liberia require emergency assistance, while only 1.5 million of those can