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33 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will list the amounts given to various charitable or aid agencies working to relieve suffering in Bosnia and other parts of Yugoslavia in each of the past three years; and if Government aid is still being provided to these groups who continue to assist in these regions in spite of the media perception that the problems are solved. [25155/96]
During the conflict in the former Yugoslavia the Government contributed over IR£4.5 million in emergency humanitarian assistance for the civilian population affected by the war. This assistance was channelled through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which was the lead agency during this period and to the International Committee of the Red Cross for humanitarian relief operations throughout the region. The Government also supported the work of Irish non-governmental organisations for their programmes which assisted vulnerable groups, including children, the elderly, the blind and women's groups in Sarajevo, Mostar, Tuzla, Zenica and Goradze.
Since the Dayton Agreement was signed last December, the Government has provided over £4.25 million — US$6.5 million — in recognition of the urgent rehabilitation and humanitarian needs remaining in Bosnia-Herzegovina. At the First Donors' Conference on Bosnia and Herzegovina last December, I announced an immediate aid package of US$1.5 million for the first three months of 1996, which included grants to restore essential public services, water, gas and electricity in Sarajevo.
At the Second Donors' Conference in Brussels in April an additional Government pledge of US$5 million for rehabilitation projects during this year was announced. This pledge has been fully disbursed to international aid agencies and to Irish NGOs, who are aligning their efforts closely with rehabilitation priorities identified by the local authorities in Sarajevo, Mostar and Goradze. Irish Government rehabilitation assistance has focused on the following areas: support to the health sector through the physical rehabilitation of public health buildings — TB, paediatric and psychiatric clinics in Sarajevo; housing reconstruction and shelter repair for displaced persons and returning refugee families in Goradze and Bihac; support for civil society and vulnerable groups in Sarajevo and Mostar; direct support to the cantonal authorities in Goradze and to income generation programmes.
Lists of all grants disbursed by my Department to aid agencies during 1994 and 1995 have been published in the Irish aid annual reports for those years. A list of all grants paid in the current year will be published in the 1996 Irish Aid Annual Report in due course. For ease of reference, following in the form of an Annex is a list of all grants paid in the period 1994-96 for humanitarian aid to the region. Irish Government humanitarian and rehabilitation assistance is additional to financial and personal resources being provided for other aspects of the civilian implementation of the Dayton Agreement, namely support for the OSCE, European Community Monitoring Mission and the International Police Task Force, headed by Irish Commissioner, Peter Fitzgerald.
Government Funding to Bosnia-Herzegovnia 1994-96.
1994
|
IR£ |
||
|
UNHCR |
Winter appeal for ex-Yugoslavia. |
75,000 |
|
UN General Trust Fund |
Trust Fund for the restoration of essential public services in Sarajevo |
50,541 |
|
Refugee Trust |
Programme in cental Bosnia and Sarajevo |
50,000 |
|
Programme in central Bosnia and Sarajevo |
50,000 |
|
|
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre |
Counselling programme for rape victims. |
40,000 |
|
Counselling programme for rape victims. |
11,280 |
|
|
Irish Bosnia Aid |
Emergency humanitarian assistance. |
20,000 |
|
Cradle |
Emergency medical programme in Mostar. |
5,000 |
|
UCC |
Emergency medical programme in Mostar. |
10,000 |
|
Total |
347,621 |
|
IR£ |
||
|
UNHCR |
Relief operations in the region. |
200,000 |
|
Humanitarian needs and shelter. |
150,000 |
|
|
Relief and rehabilitation work with refugees and displaced persons. |
175,000 |
|
|
Shelter fund. |
50,000 |
|
|
UN General Trust Fund |
To restore essential public services (gas, water, electricity) in Sarajevo. |
150,000 |
|
UN General Trust Fund |
Quick Impact Fund for emergency repair of utilities in Sarajevo. |
100,003 |
|
International Management Group (IMG) |
Humanitarian needs and shelter. Centre Emergency projects to repair water, gas, energy and electricity infrastructure. |
300,000 |
|
Emergency projects to repair eesential public services (gas, water, electricity). |
100,000 |
|
|
ICRC |
Emergency food, medical supplies and sanitation for displaced persons. |
150,000 |
|
To support ICRC's activities to trace missing and displaced persons. |
121,000 |
|
|
To trace missing persons, and assist prisoners and detainees. |
100,000 |
|
|
Refugee Trust |
Social integration project for the elderly in Sarajevo. |
76,200 |
|
Social integration project for the blind in Sarajevo. |
135,407 |
|
|
Rehabilitation projects in Sarajevo and Mostar for the elderly. |
110,000 |
|
|
Oxfam (Ire.) |
Blankets, hygiene items and shelter material for displaced persons in Tuzla. |
75,000 |
|
Emergency assistance to provide winter clothing and shoes for refugee teachers and children in Tuzla. |
25,000 |
|
|
Community based project for war-affected women and children in Tuzla. |
50,000 |
|
|
GOAL |
Care programme for war traumatised children in Zenica. |
53,393 |
|
HaMD (Int) |
Emergency humanitarian aid for displaced persons from Srebrenica. |
25,003 |
|
Irish Bosnia Aid |
Food aid for Mostar, Konjic, Travnik, Scipe and Grabovica. |
20,000 |
|
Rape Crisis Centre |
Counselling programme in Bosnia for women victims of war. |
25,000 |
|
Express Aid International |
Medical supplies for Sarajevo. |
20,003 |
|
Child Studies Unit, UCC |
Programme to assist handicapped children in Fojnica. |
30,000 |
|
Total |
2,241,009 |
|
IR£ |
||
|
UNHCR |
Reconstruction houses in Gorazde. |
100,000 |
|
UNHCR Shelter Fund |
Repair and reconstruction of houses. |
230,000 |
|
ICRC |
Missing Persons Process. |
230,000 |
|
International Management Group. |
Assistance to Rogatica and Kopaci areas of Republika Srpska. |
230,000 |
|
Ministry of Health |
TB Clinic Sarajevo. |
200,000 |
|
TB Clinic, Sarajevo. |
32,500 |
|
|
Psychiatric Clinic, Sarajevo. |
150,000 |
|
|
Ministry of Health/HMD Int. |
Refurbishment of the Paediatric Clinic Sarajevo. |
120,000 |
|
Phase 2 of rehabilitation of the Paediatric Clinic in Sarajevo. |
50,000 |
|
|
Refugee Trust |
Programme for the Elderly and Blind in Sarajavo and Mostar. |
300,000 |
|
Winterisation programme in Trnova. |
40,000 |
|
|
Assistance to vulnerable groups in Ilidza, Sarajevo. |
60,000 |
|
|
Elderly in Ilidza, Sarajevo. |
12,500 |
|
|
GOAL |
Rehabilitation Programme in Gorazde. |
200,000 |
|
Purchase of prefabricated housing, in Gorazde. |
200,000 |
|
|
For the provision of essential equipment to the hospital in Gorazde. |
55,000 |
|
|
OXFAM |
80,000 |
|
|
Income generating projects in Gorazde. |
46,118 |
|
|
For the provision of safe accommodation to women and the elderly in Tuzla. |
50,000 |
|
|
International Rescue Committee |
Shelter repairs in Bihac. |
130,000 |
|
For the housing and income generating projects in Bihac. |
150,000 |
|
|
Canton of Gorazde |
Capacity Building. |
150,000 |
|
IFRC |
Women's projects in Sarajevo and Banja Luka. |
100,000 |
|
HMD International |
Counselling Programme in Tuzla. (In association with the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre) |
13,515 |
|
Counselling Programme in Tuzla. (In association with the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre) |
12,893 |
|
|
Rape Crisis Centre |
RCC training programmes in Bosnia and Croatia. |
25,000 |
|
Irish Red Cross Society |
Convoy of humanitarian aid to Bosnian war babies. |
30,000 |
|
Carole Wiley Bosnia Aid |
Medical supplies for Bihac and Krupa. |
24,897 |
|
Irish Bosnia Aid |
Consignment of food aid. |
20,000 |
|
Bosnian Association — Club Drina |
Provision of an ambulance and hospital equipment. |
3,500 |
|
International Federation of Journalists |
For the establishment of an independent T.V. Network. |
100,000 |
|
International Crisis Group |
Support to Civil Society. |
50,000 |
|
Federation Ombudsmen |
Human Rights Monitors. |
40,000 |
|
UNHCHR |
Special Process Programme in Bosnia. |
31,230 |
|
AIM |
For the elections in Bosnia. |
20,000 |
|
OSCE |
For the elections in Bosnia— Herzegovina in 1996. |
96,061 |
|
Costs for national election observers. |
6,7222 |
|
|
International Police Conference Costs — Dublin, September 1996. |
7,043 |
|
|
Total |
3,396,979 |
