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15 November 2001

Text: U.S. Contributes Additional $4 Million for Afghan Assistance

(Funds for Shelter, Food, Water, Health Programs and Education) (380)
In a press statement issued on November 14, the State Department
announced an additional $4 million in funding for humanitarian
assistance for the Afghan people.
The funds, from the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees
and Migration, are part of the $320 million pledged by President Bush
in October. Of the $4 million, $2 million goes to the International
Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) for
shelter, food, and clean water; $2 million goes to the United Nations
Children's Fund (UNICEF) to assist refugees with health, nutrition,
and education programs.
The text of press statement follows.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
November 14, 2001
STATEMENT BY RICHARD BOUCHER, SPOKESMAN
U.S. Contributes Additional $4 Million for Humanitarian Crisis in
Afghanistan
On Friday, November 9, 2001, the U.S. through the Bureau of
Population, Refugees and Migration contributed an additional $4
million of the $320 million in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan
announced by President Bush October 4, 2001. To date, $128.6 million
is the total amount of U.S. Government funds obligated for the
humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Of those funds the Bureau of
Population, Refugees and Migration has obligated $36.6 million.
The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies (IFRC) will receive an additional $2 million to undertake
measures focused on shelter, food and clean water in Afghanistan. The
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will also receive $2 million
in support of its appeal for prevention programs to assist Afghan
refugees in neighboring countries in the areas of health and
nutrition, water and environmental sanitation, education and child
protection in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan has faced years of humanitarian challenges including a
drought and civil war. The U.S.'s highest humanitarian priority is to
ensure that the millions of people who are suffering in Afghanistan
have sufficient food and shelter through the winter.
The United States also 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)



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