Written question asked by Tony Cunningham (Labour) on Wednesday, 30 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 May 2003. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 May 2003 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the money for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, promised at the Tokyo Conference, has found its way to Afghanistan. - Inc figures.

Answer: Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much of the money for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, promised at the Tokyo conference, has found its way to Afghanistan. [111781] Clare Short: US$4.5 billion was pledged by donors at the Tokyo conference in January 2002 over a period of between one and five years, depending on the donor. US$1.8 billion was disbursed last year to Afghanistan. A similar amount has been pledged for the current financial year. Donors such as the US, who had only made one year pledges at the Tokyo conference, used the Afghan Development Forum held in March 2003 to make new pledges. The total pledged now stands at US$5.2 billion.

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