KUWAIT: AUSTRALIAN SHIP CARRYING CARGO OF 50,000 TONNES OF GRAIN FOR IRAQ, UNLOADS IN KUWAIT

Record ID: 351253

  • Title: KUWAIT: AUSTRALIAN SHIP CARRYING CARGO OF 50,000 TONNES OF GRAIN FOR IRAQ, UNLOADS IN KUWAIT
  • Date: 9th April 2003
  • Summary: (W6) KUWAIT (APRIL 9, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF 'PEARL OF FUJAIRAH' VESSEL DOCKED IN PORT 0.04 2. SLV SHIP BY DOCKSIDE 0.08 3. CLOSE OF NAME OF SHIP 0.12 4. VARIOUS, SHIP BEING UNLOADED; WHEAT BEING UNLOADED FROM SHIP (3 SHOTS) 0.32 5. VARIOUS, WHEAT BEING LOADED INTO CONTAINER LORRY (2 SHOTS) 0.44 6. SLV LORRY CON
  • Embargoed: 24th April 2003 13:00
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  • Location: KUWAIT
  • Country: Kuwait
  • Reuters ID: LVA1OULAOKVBJOU3DCDK6P2RS627
  • Story Text: The first Australian ship bound for Iraq has docked in
    Kuwait and begun discharging its cargo of 50,000 tonnes of
    wheat.



    The Australian government and exporters said on
    Wednesday (April 9, 2003) that the first major civilian shipment of
    food for Iraq is flowing, with the unloading of a big shipment
    of Australian wheat in neighbouring Kuwait.

    Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the
    Australian wheat would help feed more than 1.7 million of
    Iraq's most vulnerable people for six months.

    After milling at port, the U.N.'s World Food Programme
    (WFP) will distribute the bagged flour by road to Iraqis with
    immediate needs, Andrew Lindberg, managing director of
    Australia's wheat exporter AWB Ltd said.

    The WFP plans to support a food distribution system
    capable of meeting the needs of the entire population of Iraq
    following the invasion of U.S.-led forces.

    Before the U.S.-led war against Iraq, sixty percent of
    Iraq's 26 million people depended directly on the U.N.-backed
    oil-for-food programme that allowed proceeds from Iraq's oil
    sales to be used to buy food and other basic needs.


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