CANADA BOOSTS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN SUDAN

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(2004-28) News Release June 3, 2004 Ottawa -- Canada is increasing its contribution to humanitarian efforts in Darfur, in western Sudan, by providing an additional $6.1 million in food and humanitarian assistance. The funds will be provided by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Some $2 million will be channeled to the World Food Programme to respond to urgent food aid needs of internally displaced persons in Darfur. The remaining $4.1 million will go to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations that provide emergency non-food assistance for affected populations in Darfur and for Sudanese refugees in neighbouring Chad. Today's contribution is part of a larger donor response to the crisis in Darfur that will be discussed today at the High Level Donor Alert Meeting on Darfur in Geneva. It brings Canada's contribution to humanitarian assistance in Sudan to more than $22 million. This includes $12.1 million in emergency relief since October 2003 for the crisis in the Darfur region and $10.4 million for food aid, non-food assistance and peace and security programs overall in Sudan. Thousands of people have died in the last 15 months and more than one million Sudanese people have been displaced from their homes, including over 125,000 who have fled to Chad. Funding for these initiatives was provided for in the March 2004 federal budget and is therefore built into the existing fiscal framework. - 30 - Information: Media Relations Office Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Telephone: (819) 953-6534 E-mail: info@acdi-cida.gc.ca

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