26/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Commission approved a €1.2 million humanitarian aid package to support the work of the United Nation's Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA): (also see below) Funds allocated via the Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), will: strengthen UNOCHA's regional support office for Central and East Africa, and allow UNOCHA to expand its Integrated Regional Information Network System (IRIN) which provides information about humanitarian conditions and crises on the ground to international humanitarian actors in 60 countries across Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East.