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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8659

5 March 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/haiti
Initial emergency aid of 1.8 million EUR

Brussels, 04/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - Reacting to the magnitude of the crisis in Haiti where a state of emergency has just been declared, the European Commission immediately made emergency humanitarian aid of 1.8 million EUR available, from the Echo (humanitarian aid office of the Community) budget. Most of the money (1.5 million EU) will be used for the initial support to emergency healthcare, as most hospitals and clinics have suspended their activities following the destruction of...

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