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Dept for International Development

Answer

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much money her Department has given to (a) USAID, (b) the UN and (c) non-governmental organisations for humanitarian contingency plans for Iraq. [105022] Clare Short: USAID is the development arm of the US government. DFID obviously does not fund it. To date, DFID has committed £50 million to support preparations and work by humanitarian agencies in the current crisis. Of this, £13 million has been committed to UN agencies and £32 million to the International Red Cross/Red Crescent movement. £5 million has been committed to NGOs, of which specific agreements have been reached to date for £1 million. My Department has a further £40 million set aside for the immediate humanitarian response and is considering further assistance in line with emerging needs. We anticipate a further appeal from the UN and are continuing to assess proposals from NGOs. DFID also provide 19 per cent. of European Community (EC) funding for Iraq. On 21 March the College of European Commissioners proposed to release an additional è79 million from the Emergency Aid Reserve, increasing their total commitment to è100 million. This funding is still to be approved by the Council.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

105022; 402 c352-3W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Development aid Expenditure Humanitarian aid Iraq United Nations USAID

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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