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Text: Afghanistan Emergency: U.S. Disbursement of $18.1 Million

(Part of $320 Million Aid Package for Afghans) (320)
State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher announced the disbursement
of $18.1 million to assist the people of Afghanistan. According to the
October 26 announcement, this disbursement is part an overall $320
million aid package for Afghans. Following is the text of the press
statement.
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PRESS STATEMENT from State Department spokesman Richard Boucher
Washington, DC
October 26, 2001
Afghanistan Emergency: U.S. Disbursement of $18.1 Million
The United States is pleased to announce the disbursement of $18.1
million to assist the people of Afghanistan, part of an overall $320
million aid package announced by President Bush on October 4. This
disbursement will bring the total U.S. funding provided since October
1 to the Afghan people to $70.1 million. This total includes $32.6
million from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM),
and $38.5 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID). In Fiscal Year 2001, we provided nearly $180 million in
assistance. In the weeks to come, further funding out of the $320
million will be dispensed for the humanitarian emergency in
Afghanistan.
Of the $18.1 million provided by the United States, $6.5 million will
be administered by the International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC), $4 million by the World Food Program (WFP), $3 million by the
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(IFRC), $2 million by the International Organization for Migration
(IOM), $2 million by the United Nations Organization for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and $600,000 by the
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The United States believes that humanitarian assistance for refugees,
displaced persons, conflict victims, and other persons at risk and the
pursuit of solutions for humanitarian crises are a shared
international responsibility. We call on other donors to be generous
in their response to the humanitarian emergency in Afghanistan.
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(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)