The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
May 6, 2011

U.N.: Libyan Food System Faces Collapse 
----------------------------------------



The United Nations is warning Libya could run out of food within six to
eight weeks. World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran
said the food supply is especially threatened in the rebel-held east.

Josette Sheeran: ''For the World Food Programme right now we are
reaching about half a million people in Libya who are already hit and
don't have adequate access to food, but we're very worried that we could
see a breakdown in the whole system in the coming weeks.''



.