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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9573

5 January 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 26
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/humanitarian aid
Commission earmarks nearly €370 million in aid to humanitarian hotspots around the globe for 2008, amounting to half of ECHO budget

Brussels, 04/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - For the year 2008, the European Commission has earmarked €369.6 million in humanitarian aid to meet the basic needs of the most vulnerable victims of humanitarian crises around the globe. Aid takes the form of food aid (according to FAO figures, 854 million people suffer from hunger in the world) and emergency aid to the populations exposed to natural disasters or armed conflicts. “Thanks to effective forward planning, we are again starting the year...

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