"The French force helping with efforts to deliver humanitarian aid for the benefit of the refugees and displaced persons in eastern Chad is now operational.
"At the request of the Chadian authorities and for the benefit of the High National Committee for Assistance to Displaced Chadians, food and vital relief supplies are already being packed and will be delivered by French Army Transall on Sunday, June 17, to Goz-Beida and the Dar-Sila region.
"As indicated in a communiqué from World Food Program ( WFP) Executive Director Josette Sheeran, food aid from the WFP and other agencies will also be ferried by French aircraft from N'djamena."