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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8249

6 July 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) humanitarian aid
Commission grants EUR 13 million to Iraq

Brussels, 05/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - the Commission has decided to allocate EUR 13 million to victims of the continuing crisis in Iraq. The funds will come from the Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) and will pay for health and nutritional actions and access to drinking water. In a press statement, Poul Nielson European Commissioner for humanitarian aid, explained, "The situation in Iraq remains grave even if it attracts little attention nowadays from the international media. More than 10% of...

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