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14,000 South Waziristan IDPs registered: UN

* More than 1,000 tonnes of food distributed so far

UNITED NATIONS: As many as 14,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from South Waziristan have been registered, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday.

“As part of its contingency planning for the latest influx of uprooted people from South Waziristan, the UN has relief supplies pre-positioned and local partnerships in place,” the statement added.

The UN has already been helping the first wave of IDPs, and is ready to enhance its assistance as numbers rise. The world body and its partners have distributed more than 1,000 tonnes of food so far, with household items having reached at least 30,000 people and hygiene kits having been delivered to 35,000 people.

There are now more than 180,000 registered IDPs, including 25,000 families in the adjoining districts of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank. “Those leaving South Waziristan have travelled over a forbidding terrain, with limited supplies and under fear and hardships," Martin Mogwanja, UN Humanitarian coordinator for Pakistan, said. app

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