Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 13:59:19 -0600
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From: Rich Winkel <rich@pencil.math.missouri.edu>
Organization: PACH
Subject: Iraq: UN seeks $39,9m for emergency aid to Iraq
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** Topic: Iraq: UN seeks $39,9m for emergency aid to Iraq **
** Written 8:21 AM Oct 17, 1996 by G.LANGE@LINK-GOE.de in cdp:mideast.gulf **
New York/Geneva, Sept 30— The United Nations is appealing for $39.9 million to meet the most essential needs of the vulnerable population of Iraq for the next three months. The United Nations Inter-Agency Consolidated Assistance Programme to Iraq was prepared by the Department of Humanitarian Affairs in cooperation with UN humanitarian agencies. The Programme details the emergency requirements for assistance until such time that the oil-for-food deal signed between Iraq and the UN, May 20, which allows for the sale of limited quantities of Iraqi petroleum for humanitarian purposes, may be implemented. This Programme was developed in response to a marked deterioration in the humanitarian situation throughout Iraq, a press release by the Department of Humanitarian Affairs said.
Throughout Iraq, the majority of the civilian population is believed to be living below the poverty line. Family incomes are currently only a fraction of pre-1991 levels. Non-replenishment of basic food and health items in the marketplace has resulted in price increases of 50-100 per cent during the period between late August and early eptember 1996. The cumulative effects of economic sanctions, hyper- inflation, unemployment and a 30 per cent drop in crop production this year have led to a disquieting level of hardship now suffered by vulnerable groups in Iraq.
Efforts to date to meet the urgent needs of vulnerable groups in Iraq have been hampered by a sharp decline in contributions to essential humanitarian efforts. This year only $12 million have been pledged or received by the United Nations; and only $17 million have been made available to nongovernmental organizations and bilateral programmes.
The proposed Programme targets the most basic needs of vulnerable groups throughout the country in the priority sectors of food, health nutrition, water and sanitation, as well as other essential services to facilitate the resettlement of the displaced people. Donors are urged to contribute generously to this appeal.
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