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Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour). It was answered on Monday, 11 June 2007.


Iraq: Refugees

Question
My Lords, should we not be concentrating more of our resource on funding the International Committee of the Red Cross, because it has more credibility, having partners within Iraq, than many of the UN agencies, which have simply been discredited following the Oil for Food programme scandal?
Answer

My Lords, we contributed about £7 million to the ICRC. It appealed for $75.5 million to provide emergency assistance to vulnerable people, including internally displaced people. I understand that the appeal has so far raised $21 million.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
692 c1465 
Session
2006-07
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Armed conflict Development aid Iraq Refugees Internally displaced people Iraq conflict
Link
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