EU`s Humanitarian Aid plan to be implemented in Sudan in 2010 reaches 120 million Euros: EU Commissioner for International cooperation
30 August, 2010
Khartoum, (SUNA) - The European Union Commission affirmed the necessity to provide more funds to meet the increased humanitarian needs in Africa as a result of the draught waves that hit Africa in the recent years let alone wars and displacement.
In this connection, the European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, pointed out during a press conference she held Wednesday at Burjal-Fatih Hotel on the onset of her first visit to Sudan, to the meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tuesday with the African Union to assess the situations in the African continent and to embark on effective partnership between the two sides.
The European commissioner explained that the EU's Humanitarian Aid plan to be implemented in Sudan in 2010 reaches 120 million Euros, including 46 Million Euros she signed on 7th June in June with the Executive Director of the WFP Joseph Sheeran, to address the urgent humanitarian needs in Sudan.
Kristalina Georgieva stressed the importance of providing Security to the Humanitarian workers in order to deliver assistance to the needy people. She revealed that as part of her current visit to Sudan she will be visiting Darfur States, where she will inspect the situations of one of the IDP camp, as well as South Sudan.
"South Sudan faced threat of lack of development and impacts of Climate variability and I would not be surprised if the humanitarian needs in the South increase in the future, she added, expressing hopes that the commitment to make the referendum as scheduled helps to bring stability.
"The EU Commission will be ready to extend more humanitarian assistance until the next harvest season and advised the European countries to prepare to extend more assistance, " said Kristalina Georgieva.
She revealed a call by the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs to the European to activate the work of the joint Sudanese-European Joint Committee, saying that it would be a good opportunity to discuss number of issue, including protecting the humanitarian workers
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