WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CHE/39 
30 November 2007 
 
 (07-5272) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following communication, dated 22 February 2007, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Switzerland .  The notification concerns actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negativ e Effects of the Reform Programme on Least 
Developed and Net-Food-Im porting Developing Countries (Table NF:1)  for the calendar years 
2003 to 2005 .  Section 3 of the Notification (Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) 
of the Decision) also contains some revised data for calendar years 2001 and 2002 (see document G/AG/N/CHE/30). 
 
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  In accordance with notification requirement s within the framework of the Decision on 
Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Eff ects of the Reform Programme on the Least 
Developed and Net-Food-Importing Countries (Table NF:1) , the following provides details of 
Switzerland's programmes in favour of such countries. G/AG/N/CHE/39 
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  Table NF:1 
 
Notification under Article 16:2 of the Agreement:  Monitoring of the Follow-Up to the Decision 
on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on 
Least Developed and Net-Food-Importing Developing Countries:  SWITZERLAND 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar years 2003 to 2005 
 
 
1. Quantity of food aid provided to least de veloped and net-food-importing developing 
countries 
 Switzerland's contributions to cereal aid are made within the framework of the Food Aid 
Convention, which was renegotiated in 1999.  As a co-signatory of that agreement Switzerland has 
undertaken to make an annual contributi on of 40,000 tonnes of wheat equivalent. 
 
 Such aid is generally provided in cash and not  in kind and is mainly made available through 
the World Food Programme (WFP) for the purchase of  cereals in the developing countries.  The 
cereals purchased come mainly from the Southern  countries or from those countries neighbouring the 
region benefiting so as to stimulate production in th ose countries and at the same time raise the level 
of tolerance, among the recipients, of the goods deliv ered ("triangular purchases").  Such aid also has 
the advantage of combining the distribution of food stuffs with that of seed, thereby preventing the 
formation of food dependency. 
  In addition to the aid to the WFP, Switzerla nd regularly provides deliveries of Swiss dairy 
products.  Such aid meets the "criteria for the use of  dairy products as part of food aid", which lay 
down the rules to be followed in evaluating the distribution of dairy products and in carrying out such 
distribution. 
  Tables 1 and 2 provide information on the distribution of the food aid provided by Switzerland.  This aid forms part of Switzerland's hu manitarian aid.  The aid provided is not allocated 
on the basis of the criteria of "least developed c ountries" (LDCs) or "net-food-importing developing 
countries" (NFIDCs), but solely in response to the n eed for humanitarian aid of the regions affected 
by natural or other such disasters.  In actual fact, however, the countries benefiting from Swiss 
programmes largely overlap with those two groups (see Table 2:  Food aid in form of grain, flour or 
seed in wheat equivalent).   In addition to direct aid in the form of f ood products, Swiss humanitarian aid is provided in 
the form of financial contributions.  The funds assi gned to that end have served three main purposes:  
to provide logistical support and staff for organiza tions responsible for distributing foodstuffs on the 
ground;  to establish and maintain the transport infrastructure;  to ensure the maintenance of 
distribution systems in the beneficiary countries.  The assistance provided also includes long-term 
development programmes as well as emer gency relief.  See section 3 below. 
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  Table 1: Quantity of food aid provided by Switzerland 
 
  Product Quantity of food aid pr ovided and/or financed (tonnes) 
   2003 2004 2005 
Cereals (1) 24,950   
 Bilateral aid 0   
  Wheat 0   
  Maize 0   
  Millet / sorghum 0   
  Barley 0   
  Rice 0   
  Various 0   
 Aid financed through 
international organizations 24,950   
  Wheat 8,407   
  Maize 7,363   
  Millet / sorghum 0   
  Barley 0   
  Rice 9,180   
  Various 0   
Dairy products (2) 2,490 780 237 
  Whole milk powder 795   
  Skimmed milk powder 1,270   
  Milk adapted for children 25 50 58 
  Processed cheese 
(and hard) 154 210 179 
  Food for children (wheat – soya – 
milk) 246 520 0 
Other  0 0 0 
Cash contributions to the World Food 
Programme and to the FAO for the purchase of cereals or seed (unspecified qualities and 
quantities), in thousands of CHF 1,285 9,019 9,079 
 
(1) Grain, flour or seed in wheat equivalent 
(2) Swiss products 
 
Source : Federal Department of Foreign Affairs 
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  Table 2: Food aid in the form of grain, flour or seed in wheat equivalent;  distribution by country  
 
  Country Quantity of food aid provided and/or financed (tonnes) 
   2003 2004 2005 
LDCs (1) 10,361  
 Africa: 7,284 
  Angola 312 
  Benin 0 
  Burkina Faso 0 
  Burundi 1,822 
  Cape Verde 0 
  Central African Republic 0 
  Chad 0 
  Comoros 0 
  Congo (Dem. Rep. of the) 1,618 
  Djibouti 0 
  Equatorial Guinea 0 
  Eritrea 1,627 
  Ethiopia 0 
  Gambia 0 
  Guinea 0 
  Guinea-Bissau 0 
  Lesotho 0 
  Liberia 740 
  Madagascar 0 
  Malawi 0 
  Mali 0 
  Mauritania 0 
  Mozambique 0 
  Niger 0 
  Rwanda 0 
  Sao Tome and Principe 0 
  Senegal 0 
  Sierra Leone 0 
  Somalia 0 
  Sudan 322 
  Togo 0 
  Uganda 0 
  Tanzania 0 
  Zambia 843 
  Southern Africa (regional) 0 
 Americas: 0 
  Haiti 0 
 Asia and the Pacific: 3,077 
  Afghanistan 3,077  
  Bangladesh 0 
  Bhutan 0 
  Cambodia 0 
  Kiribati 0 
  Laos 0 
  Maldives 0  G/AG/N/CHE/39 
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    Country Quantity of food aid provided and/or financed (tonnes) 
   2003 2004 2005 
  Myanmar 0 
  Nepal 0 
  Samoa 0 
  Solomon Islands 0 
  Tuvalu 0 
  Yemen 0 
NFIDCs (1) 822 
  Barbados 0 
  Botswana 0 
  Cuba 0 
  Côte d'Ivoire 0 
  Dominican Republic 0 
  Egypt 0 
  Honduras 822 
  Jamaica 0 
  Jordan 0 
  Kenya 0 
  Mauritius 0 
  Morocco 0 
  Namibia 0 
  Pakistan 0 
  Peru 0 
  Saint Lucia 0 
  Sri Lanka 0 
  Trinidad and Tobago 0 
  Tunisia 0 
  Venezuela 0 
Other  9,906 
  Algeria 0 
  Armenia 0 
  Georgia 1,258 
  Iraq 0 
  Iran 1,647 
  Northern Caucasus 2,502 
  Kosovo 1,362 
  North Korea 0 
  Tajikistan 3,137 
  Thailand 0 
  Zimbabwe 0 
  Nicaragua 0 
  India 0 
  Moldova 0 
  F.R. Yugoslavia 0 
  Indonesia 0 
  Colombia 0 
Total  21,089 
 
(1) Countries according to G/AG/5/Rev.6 G/AG/N/CHE/39 
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  2. Indication of the proportion in fully gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms 
 All Swiss food aid is provided on fully grant terms. 
 
3. Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision 
 As Switzerland's technical and financial assistance  is not directed solely to the two categories 
of countries, i.e. the LDCs and the NFIDCs, ther e follows a brief description of its official 
development assistance (see tables below).  This show s that Swiss aid in this field mainly responds – 
both by its nature and its objectives – to  the needs of the LDCs and the NFIDCs. 
  Switzerland's official development aid amounts to about CHF 2 billion per year, i.e. an 
average of 0.4 per cent of gross national income or, to put it another way, CH F 0.8 per inhabitant per 
day (2003-2005).  The total amount includes all the financial flows provided on concessional terms to 
the developing countries, international instituti ons and non-governmental organizations from the 
Swiss Confederation, the cantons and the communes.  
 The objectives of Swiss international cooperation are as follows: 
 
- International cooperation supports the effort s of the developing countries to improve 
the standard of living of their people; 
 
- international cooperation s hould help to put these countries in a position to ensure 
their development by their own means. 
  The guidelines of development policy reflect  four main themes:  the preservation and 
maintenance of peace and security and the promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law;  promotion of the private sector, especially in terms of income and employment;  progress towards 
greater social equity, in particular as regards the s ituation of women;  and sustainable use of natural 
resources.   Two federal offices are responsible for th e planning and implementation of official 
development aid:  the Swiss Agency for Devel opment and Cooperation (SDC) within the Federal 
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), and the Stat e Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) within 
the Federal Department of Econom ic Affairs (DEA).  Their main  instruments are technical and 
financial cooperation, humanitarian aid, and economic and trade policy measures. 
  The Swiss Agency for Development and Coopera tion has three main components:  bilateral 
and multilateral development cooperation, humanitarian aid, and cooperation with the East.  As part 
of long-term cooperation with its partners, the SDC concentrates its bilateral activities in 17 countries 
of the South, in particular LDCs and NFIDCs, a lthough it also supports programmes in other regions, 
in particular through in ternational organizations. 
  Humanitarian aid is provided without geographical restrictions.  It intervenes directly for shorter periods so as to provide relief for the victim s of conflicts, of crises resulting from them or of 
natural disasters.  It also supports the activities of  humanitarian organizations.  Its action takes the 
form of the provision of staff through the Swiss Disa ster Relief Unit, financial contributions, and food 
aid.   G/AG/N/CHE/39 
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   The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs devises the economic and trade measures for 
development cooperation:  joint financing – in volving both the Confederation and Swiss banks – 
balance-of-payments aid, trade promotion activiti es and, in conjunction with the international 
community, action relating to commodities.  SECO is al so the main body involved in the strategy of 
providing debt relief for the most indebted countries. 
 
Table 3: Official Swiss Assistance to the Developing Countries (ODA)(a) 2003-2005 (CHF million) 
2003 2004 2005 
 Bilateral 
ODA Multi- 
lateral ODA Total 
ODA Bilateral 
ODA Multi- 
lateral ODATotal 
ODA Bilateral 
ODA Multi- 
lateral 
ODA Total 
ODA 
Confederation  1,240.5 477.4 1,717.9 1,441.8 445.6 1,887.3 1,711.0 456.7 2,167.7 
Agency for 
Development and 
Cooperation 
(SDC)  865.0 407.5 1,272.5 872.6 378.8 1,251.3 915.7 391.3 1 307.0 
Humanitarian aid 234.7 28.5 263.2 239.0 30.8 269.9 271.2 25.6 296.8 
Of which, 
food aid    32.7    33.2    33.0 
Development 
cooperation 559.9 379.0 938.9 560.3 347.9 908.2 561.7 365.7 927.4 
Cooperation with 
the East and the 
CIS 70.4  70.4 73.2 – 73.2 82.8 – 82.8 
State Secretariat 
for Economic 
Affairs (SECO)(b) 240.2 12.0 252.2 221.0 10.0 231.0 488.1 6.4 494.5 
Development 
cooperation 148.0 12.0 160.0 146.2 10.0 156.2 141.8 6.4 148.3 
Cooperation with 
the East and the 
CIS 52.2  52.2 64.5 – 64.5 67.7 – 67.7 
Debt forgiveness 
(Paris Club) 40.0  40.0 10.2 – 10.2 278.6 – 278.6 
Other federal 
offices(c) 135.3 57.9 193.2 348.2  56.8 405.1 307.2 59.0 366.2 
Cantons and 
communes 30.1   30.1 33.7 – 33.7 39.5 – 39.5 
Total Official 
Development 
Assistance (ODA) 1,271 477.4  1,748.0 1,475.5 445.6 1,921.1 1,750.5 456.7 2,207.2 
ODA as % of GNI     0.37%     0.40%     0.44% 
 
(a) The OECD defines Official  Development Assistance (ODA) as the totali ty of financial flow s to the developing 
countries and multilateral fundi ng agencies from public funds. 
(b) SECO cooperation includes fina ncial aid, economic measures an d bilateral debt forgiveness. 
(c) Other offices:  including the Swiss Agen cy for the Environment, Forests and Landscape and the Federal Office for 
Migration. G/AG/N/CHE/39 
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  Table 4: Swiss bilateral official developmen t assistance (ODA) 2001 – 2005 (CHF million)  
 
 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 
Africa 261.7 291.7 344.1 317.9 392.4 
Nigeria 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 62.5(a) 
Mozambique 39.4 33.7 28.1 34.4 30.8 
Tanzania 28.7 30.1 34.4 32.4 29.4 
Burkina Faso 21.7 24.8 27.7 25.4 25.8 
Sudan 7.5 8.1 10.1 16.8 16.1 
Chad 12.0 12.1 13.0 17.5 16.1 
Mali 8.3 12.3 11.8 11.1 15.8 
Ghana 0.6 11.6 10.5 9.5 15.2 
Congo (Rep. of the) 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.3 14.8(a) 
Niger 12.4 13.9 10.0 9.6 14.3 
Egypt 5.3 6.7 3.7 2.0 11.8 
Benin 9.7 8.4 9.5 11.7 10.8 
South Africa 13.6 9.5 10.6 8.7 9.8 
Congo (Dem. Rep. of the) 7.4 6.9 46.7(a) 6.0 8.9 
Madagascar 6.9 9.4 6.9 17.7(a) 8.3 
Rwanda 5.9 6.1 9.1 7.9 7.3 
Angola 7.3 9.2 9.2 8.9 6.4 
Burundi 6.6 3.8 4.4 6.1 5.8 
Uganda 0.6 0.9 2.2 3.9 4.0 
Liberia 1.0 2.6 3.8 4.0 3.9 
Senegal 5.6 6.3 4.3 3.3 3.7 
Côte d'Ivoire 0.4 4.9 2.5 2.7 3.6 
Ethiopia 3.8 3.3 7.1 3.9 3.3 
Cameroon 3.0 4.6 4.0 3.4 3.2 
Algeria 1.4 1.1 2.8 2.4 3.0 
Sierra Leone 5.7 4.6 12.9(a) 4.1 2.7 
Other countries 17.4 22.0 23.3 19.7 17.7 
Regions and not broken down 28.8 34.0 35.1 44.5 37.4 
Latin America 105.1 126.4 136.0 143.5 143.0 
Bolivia 18.0 20.8 19.0 26.0 22.1 
Nicaragua 8.1 9.6 20.1 21.8 18.4 
Peru 15.1 17.0 21.3 24.9 18.3 
Colombia 8.0 12.7 18.5 10.2 11.6 
Ecuador 11.7 9.8 10.1 9.6 11.0 
Cuba 0.9 2.3 4.4 4.8 8.0 
Guatemala 2.1 2.7 3.8 2.6 6.4 
Haiti 3.9 4.2 4.1 7.9 6.2 
Brazil 3.4 4.3 5.8 4.1 5.4 
El Salvador 5.3 6.4 2.5 3.3 4.3 
Costa Rica 1.5 2.3 0.6 1.4 3.3 
Other countries 9.1 7.9 7.6 7.9 7.8 
Regions and not broken down 18.1 26.3 18.3 19.1 20.0 
Asia 241.0 293.9 294.5 302.3 522.2 
Iraq 5.0 3.9 7.5 2.0 203.7(a) 
India 37.4 36.8 33.2 35.7 30.7 
Indonesia 5.5 9.9 5.4 3.2 24.8 
Pakistan 15.0 15.4 17.9 15.9 24.2  G/AG/N/CHE/39 
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   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 
Viet Nam 18.3 19.3 14.9 24.5 23.1 
Afghanistan 12.8 20.7 20.2 23.4 22.1 
Nepal 20.9 22.4 19.1 19.4 19.9 
Palestine 10.7 12.8 17.8 16.7 18.6 
Sri Lanka 1.7 4.7 6.5 6.7 14.0 
Bangladesh 20.8 21.2 14.5 14.7 13.3 
Tajikistan 11.8 8.1 18.0 21.2 12.4 
Kyrgyzstan 8.3 21.6 11.6 13.0 11.6 
Uzbekistan 2.2 5.3 7.9 12.3 8.2 
Georgia 3.9 7.0 9.3 10.0 7.3 
Azerbaijan 1.7 8.8 3.4 3.8 7.0 
China 6.4 16.6 16.8 9.2 6.9 
Bhutan 6.4 7.0 7.6 6.6 6.4 
North Korea 7.6 5.3 5.4 4.8 5.3 
Cambodia 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.6 
Thailand 0.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 4.5 
Laos 2.7 3.1 4.1 3.5 4.5 
Mongolia 3.9 2.0 2.0 2.9 3.3 
Myanmar 1.0 1.4 2.6 2.6 3.2 
Jordan 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.3 3.0 
Armenia 3.0 3.6 3.0 3.8 2.8 
Other countries 6.7 3.6 8.1 6.4 6.4 
Regions and not broken down 18.1 23.0 28.6 31.1 30.3 
Europe 158.3 127.1 135.6 128.8 151.3 
Serbia and Montenegro 92.8 57.4 77.4 70.0 59.9 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.1 24.6 18.9 15.8 20.7 
Ukraine – – – – 16.8 
Albania 9.8 14.6 14.2 9.1 11.9 
Macedonia 9.6 9.7 6.6 15.6 11.5 
Moldova 3.3 3.4 4.4 4.0 6.6 
Belarus – – – – 3.4 
Other countries 10.6 9.8 4.3 2.7 0.9 
Regions and not broken down 11.2 7.7 9.8 11.6 19.5 
Not broken down by 
continent 330.8 353.1 360.3 583.0 535.2 
Total 1,096.9 1,192.1 1,270. 6 1,475.5 1,744.1 
 
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  Table 5a: Geographical distribution of SD C/SECO expenditures, 2003 (CHF million)  
 
  SDC 
humanitarian aid SDC dev. 
and East SECO dev. 
and East Total 
SDC/SECO 
Africa 61 161.2 98.9 281.1 
Tanzania 3.1 22.4 8.1 33.6 
Burkina Faso  0.5 18.4 8.0 27.0 
Mozambique 0.2 16.5 8.9 25.6 
Congo (Dem. Rep. of the)(a) 5.6 0.8 38.7 13.8 
Chad 0.7 12.2 – 12.9 
Mali 0.2 10.7 0.5 11.4 
Ghana 0.2 0.5 9.7 10.4 
Niger 0.0 10.1 – 10.1 
South Africa 0.4 7.8 1.8 10.0 
Benin 0.2 9.1 – 9.3 
Rwanda 3.0 5.9 – 8.8 
Angola 7.8 0.2 – 8.0 
Sudan 6.9 0.4 – 7.3 
Ethiopia 5.0 1.5 – 6.5 
Madagascar 1.8 4.5 – 6.3 
Morocco 0.0 1.2 3.0 4.3 
Burundi 3.0 1.0 – 4.0 
Liberia 3.7 – – 3.7 
Senegal 0.3 3.4 – 3.7 
Sierra Leone(a) 3.5 – 8.8 3.5 
Cape Verde – 3.4 – 3.4 
Egypt – 0.9 2.4 3.4 
Cameroon 0.0 2.5 0.0 2.6 
Other countries 10.2 8.4 0.5 19.1 
Regions and not broken down 4.5 19.5 8.5 32.5 
Latin America 13.5 86.4 26.5 125.7 
Peru 2.0 13.8 4.6 20.4 
Nicaragua 1.2 9.2 9.0 19.3 
Bolivia 0.2 18.2 0.3 18.7 
Colombia 5.0 2.7 8.9 15.9 
Ecuador 0.0 9.5 – 9.5 
Brazil 1.6 1.8 0.7 4.1 
Cuba 0.7 3.3 – 4.0 
Haiti 0.1 3.2 – 3.3 
Guatemala 0.8 2.3 0.2 3.2 
Other countries 0.9 8.1 – 9.1 
Regions and not broken down 1.0 14.3 2.9 18.2 
Asia 49.3 174.9 59.7 279.8 
India -0.1 30.1 1.9 31.9 
Nepal 0.7 18.7 – 19.4 
Afghanistan 14.5 4.1 – 18.6 
Pakistan 1.2 16.6 – 17.8 
Tajikistan 0.1 5.3 11.9 17.2 
China 0.0 2.9 17.4 16.4 
Palestine 5.5 10.4 – 15.9 
Viet Nam 0.2 13.0 1.5 14.6 
Bangladesh 0.1 14.2 0.0 14.2 
Kyrgyzstan – 7.6 3.5 11.1 
Georgia 6.1 3.1 – 9.2 
Uzbekistan 0.1 1.1 6.5 7.7 
Bhutan – 7.7 – 7.7 
Iraq 6.0 0.2 – 6.3 
North Korea 1.2 4.1 – 5.3 
Indonesia 1.3 2.8 1.0 5.2  G/AG/N/CHE/39 
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    SDC 
humanitarian aid SDC dev. 
and East SECO dev. 
and East Total 
SDC/SECO 
Sri Lanka 2.8 2.1 – 4.9 
Laos – 4.3 – 4.3 
Cambodia – 3.6 0.4 4.1 
Azerbaijan – 1.0 2.4 3.4 
Jordan 2.1 0.4 0.5 2.9 
Other countries 7.4 7.0 1.0 15.5 
Regions and not broken down – 14.6 11.5 26.1 
Europe 23.4 67.8 52.6 141.5 
Serbia and Montenegro 5.6 11.4 12.5 29.5 
Romania 0.1 7.9 11.7 19.7 
Russia 6.2 5.3 5.7 17.2 
Bosnia and Herzegovi na 1.0 10.4 2.4 13.7 
Albania 0.1 6.1 7.5 13.7 
Bulgaria 0.4 7.2 5.5 13.0 
Ukraine 0.6 4.8 1.8 7.2 
Macedonia 0.1 5.6 0.4 6.2 
Moldova 4.2 0.2 – 4.4 
Other countries 5.2 4.7 1.2 11.1 
Regions and not broken down – 4.4 3.9 5.8 
Not broken down by continent 97.0 180.1 53.8 330.9 
Total 2003 244.2 670.4 291.4 1,159.0 
 
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  Table 5b: Geographical distribution of SD C/SECO expenditures, 2004 (CHF million ) 
 
  SDC 
humanitarian aid SDC dev. 
and East SECO dev. 
and East Total 
SDC/SECO 
Africa 70.9 159 67.9 297.8 
Mozambique 0.4 18.4 13.2 32.1 
Tanzania 2.5 18.6 10.7 31.8 
Burkina Faso 0.4 14.6 9.2 24.3 
Madagascar(a) 2.1 5.5 9.6 17.2 
Chad 3.9 12.8 – 16.7 
Sudan 13.6 0.3 – 13.9 
Benin 0.1 11.3 – 11.3 
Mali 0.0 10.0 0.1 10.1 
Niger 0.2 9.5 – 9.7 
Ghana 0.2 0.3 9.1 9.5 
South Africa 0.4 6.0 1.9 8.2 
Rwanda 1.5 6.3 – 7.8 
Angola 7.6 0.1 – 7.7 
Cape Verde 3.3 2.8 – 6.1 
Burundi 4.6 1.2 – 5.9 
Congo (Dem. Rep. of the) 4.1 0.6 – 4.7 
Liberia 4.0 – – 4.0 
Ethiopia 2.5 1.3 – 3.8 
Uganda 3.4 0.4 – 3.7 
Sierra Leone 3.6 – – 3.6 
Senegal 0.1 2.6 – 2.8 
Cameroon 0.0 2.6 – 2.6 
Côte d'Ivoire 1.1 1.4 – 2.5 
Other countries 6.3 8.3 1.3 15.9 
Regions and not broken down 4.9 24.2 12.9 42.0 
Latin America 16.0 83.7 33.5 133.2 
Bolivia 0.5 16.3 8.0 24.8 
Peru 3.1 12.8 8.2 24.1 
Nicaragua 0.5 9.7 10.5 20.8 
Ecuador 0.1 9.1 – 9.2 
Colombia 4.8 2.9 0.6 8.3 
Haiti 2.8 4.1 – 6.9 
Cuba 1.0 2.4 1.4 4.7 
El Salvador 0.1 2.6 0.3 3.0 
Brazil 1.1 1.8 – 2.9 
Other countries(a) 1.3 7.2 1.4 9.9 
Regions and not broken down 0.9 14.7 3.2 18.7 
Asia 45.8 180.0 69.7 295.5 
India 0.1 30.2 4.5 34.8 
Viet Nam 0.1 15.0 9.0 24.1 
Afghanistan 12.0 9.4 – 21.4 
Tajikistan 0.2 5.4 15.1 20.8 
Nepal 1.0 18.3 – 19.3 
Palestine 5.8 10.3 – 16.1 
Pakistan 2.6 13.3 – 15.9 
Bangladesh 1.3 13.3 – 14.6 
Kyrgyzstan 0.0 8.7 3.6 12.3 
China 0.2 3.2 8.9 12.3 
Uzbekistan – 2.2 10.0 12.2 
Georgia 5.3 3.4 0.5 9.2 
Azerbaijan 1.0 1.5 4.0 6.5 
Bhutan – 6.4 – 6.4 
Indonesia 1.8 2.2 1.7 5.7 
Sri Lanka 3.0 2.1 – 5.1  G/AG/N/CHE/39 
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    SDC 
humanitarian aid SDC dev. 
and East SECO dev. 
and East Total 
SDC/SECO 
North Korea  0.7 4.1 – 4.8 
Cambodia – 4.1 0.4 4.5 
Laos – 2.6 0.8 3.4 
Armenia 1.4 2.0 – 3.4 
Mongolia 1.1 1.8 – 2.9 
Other countries 7.8 5.6 0.6 14.1 
Regions and not broken down 0.1 15.0 10.5 25.6 
Europe 19.1 68.1 44.6 131.9 
Serbia and Montenegro 3.1 10.6 12.0 25.6 
Russia 5.5 5.5 4.7 15.7 
Macedonia 0.0 4.4 10.3 14.7 
Bulgaria 0.4 9.3 3.6 13.3 
Bosnia and Herzegovi na 1.1 10.5 1.0 12.6 
Romania 0.2 8.8 1.8 10.7 
Albania 0.0 5.1 3.5 8.6 
Ukraine 0.8 3.2 3.0 7.1 
Moldova 3.3 0.6 – 3.8 
Other countries 4.8 3.6 1.5 9.9 
Regions and not broken down  0.0 6.6 3.2 9.8 
Not broken down by continent 98.2 177.7 49.7 325.7 
Total 2004 250.0 668.5 265.5 1,184.0 
 
(a) Including bilateral debt cance llations (Madagasca r and Honduras). G/AG/N/CHE/39 
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  Table 5c: Geographical distribution of SD C/SECO expenditures, 2005 (CHF million) 
 
  SDC 
humanitarian aid SDC dev. 
and East SECO dev. 
and East Total 
SDC/SECO 
Africa 65.6 165.3 141.1 372 
Nigeria(a) – 0.1 62.4 62.5 
Mozambique 0.3 16.5 12.5 29.2 
Tanzania  0.5 17.9 10.6 29.1 
Burkina Faso  0.4 14.8 9.7 24.9 
Chad 3.1 12.5 – 15.6 
Ghana 0.2 0.3 14.6 15.2 
Mali 0.4 14.2 0.3 14.9 
Congo (Rep. of the)(a) 0.2 0.0 14.5 14.7 
Sudan 13.1 0.6 – 13.8 
Niger 1.4 12.1 – 13.5 
Egypt – 0.7 10.9 11.6 
Benin  0.2 10.1 – 10.3 
South Africa  0.4 5.0 4.1 9.5 
Madagascar  1.1 6.6 – 7.6 
Congo (Dem. Rep. of the) 5.7 1.7 – 7.3 
Rwanda 1.2 5.8 – 7.0 
Burundi 4.6 0.8 – 5.4 
Angola 5.3 0.1 – 5.3 
Liberia 3.8 0.0 – 3.8 
Uganda 3.7 0.1 – 3.7 
Senegal 0.1 3.3 – 3.4 
Côte d'Ivoire 2.0 1.4 – 3.3 
Other countries 15.3 10.1 0.0 25.4 
Regions and not broken down 2.6 30.7 1.7 35.0 
Latin America 22.0 81.8 28.6 132.5 
Bolivia  0.3 17.2 4.0 21.4 
Nicaragua  0.4 7.2 10.4 17.9 
Peru  2.6 12.6 2.4 17.6 
Ecuador 0.1 10.2 – 10.3 
Colombia  5.2 2.5 1.6 9.4 
Cuba  4.8 2.1 0.8 7.6 
Haiti 3.2 2.7 – 5.9 
Guatemala 1.8 1.5 1.7 5.0 
Brazil  1.6 1.9 0.9 4.4 
El Salvador 0.4 3.0 0.7 4.1 
Costa Rica – 2.7 0.7 3.3 
Other countries 0.9 5.1 – 5.9 
Regions and not broken down 0.8 13.1 5.5 19.5 
Asia 73.8 175.8 250.0 499.5 
Iraq(a) 1.4 0.2 202.0 203.7 
India 0.2 28.0 1.1 29.3 
Pakistan 7.9 15.3 – 23.2 
Viet Nam 0.4 14.4 7.8 22.6 
Afghanistan 11.5 9.2 – 20.6 
Indonesia 12.3 2.7 4.2 19.2 
Nepal 0.8 17.9 – 18.6 
Palestine 7.0 10.2 – 17.2 
Bangladesh 0.1 12.7 – 12.8 
Tajikistan 0.4 5.0 6.7 12.1 
Kyrgyzstan – 5.7 5.3 11.0 
Sri Lanka 8.8 2.1 – 10.9 
China 0.0 3.8 6.2 10.0 
Azerbaijan 1.9 0.6 5.6 8.1 
Uzbekistan 0.0 2.5 5.5 8.0  G/AG/N/CHE/39 
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    SDC 
humanitarian aid SDC dev. 
and East SECO dev. 
and East Total 
SDC/SECO 
Georgia 5.2 0.8 0.5 6.5 
Bhutan – 6.3 – 6.3 
North Korea 0.7 4.5 – 5.2 
Laos – 4.4 – 4.4 
Thailand 4.2 0.1 – 4.4 
Cambodia – 3.8 0.5 4.3 
Mongolia 0.7 2.6 – 3.3 
Other countries 6.2 6.2 2.3 14.7 
Regions and not broken down 4.2 16.4 2.3 23.0 
Europe 17.4 75.6 50.6 137.3 
Serbia and Montenegro 1.5 13.2 8.5 23.3 
Ukraine 0.6 6.1 9.8 16.6 
Russia 5.8 5.2 4.2 15.2 
Albania 0.0 5.8 5.8 11.7 
Macedonia – 6.1 4.4 10.4 
Bosnia and Herzegovi na 0.6 8.8 1.0 10.4 
Bulgaria 0.4 7.0 2.7 10.1 
Romania 0.4 7.3 0.9 8.6 
Moldova 3.1 2.5 0.8 6.4 
Other countries 4.8 2.0 – 6.8 
Regions and not broken down 0.3 11.4 12.5 17.8 
Not broken down by continent 99.2 168.8 42.9 315.6 
Total 2005 278.0 667.3 513.2 1,456.9 
 
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Table 6: Bilateral cooperation by the SDC(a);  breakdown by sector 
 
 2001 2002 2003 2004 New sectors 2005 
Agriculture 15.0 15.8 14.8 14.0 Health and population 6.4 
Education 10.5 11.6 11.1 11.2 Education 6.9 
Environment 9.6 9.8 9.6 9.1 Water 4.1 
Health, population 11.6 8.9 7.3 8.7 Agriculture/forests 11.0 
Multisectoral 26.5 30.2 32.9 33.1 Governance 13.7 
Private sector, financial sector 9.1 7.2 6.9 6.9 Social serv ices and infrastructure 5.6 
Public sector management 5.6 5.8 7.1 9.2 Economic development 3.7 
Water, infrastructure, 
transport 12.1 10.6 10.3 7.8 Multisectoral and general 48.6 
 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0  100.0 
 
Table 7: SECO's economic and trade policy measures ;  distribution by income level of beneficiary 
countries 
 
  2003 2004 2005 
 CHF 
million % CHF 
million % CHF 
million % 
Low income countries(a) 80.9 40.4 96.9 46.0 85.9 41.0 
Middle income countries(a) 57.2 28.6 51.6 24.5 67.8 32.4 
Not broken down 62.2 31.0 62.3 29.6 55.9 26.7 
Total for economic measures 200.2 100% 210.8 100% 209.6 100% 
 
(a) Not including bilatera l debt cancellations 
 
 Details of bilateral debt cancellations  
 
 2003 2004 2005 
Low income countries 40.0 9.6 76.5 
Middle income countries  0.6 202.0 
Total bilateral debt cancellations 40.0 10.2 278.6 
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  Table 8: Switzerland's multilateral official develo pment assistance (ODA) 2001 – 2005 (CHF million)  
 
 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 
United Nations Organization (UN) 136.8 144.5 140.1 142.8 138.4 
UN Development Programme (UNDP) 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) 17.0 18.0 18.0 17.8 18.0 
UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 12.0 12.5 12.5 12.4 12.5 Office of the UN High Commissioner for Re fugees (UNHCR) 13.0 13.5 13.0 13.5 11.0 
UN Relief and Works Agency for Pales tine Refugees in the Near East 
(UNRWA) 11.1 11.8 10.8 12.7 10.5 
Special Programmes of the World Health Organization (WHO) 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.2 UN Environment Programme (UNEP) 4.9 5.2 3.6 3.6 3.6 UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.0 
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitari an Affairs (OCHA) 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.8 
World Food Programme (WFP) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 
UN Volunteers (UNV) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 
Contributions to UN organizations  partly included in ODA figures
(a) 9.5 13.3 13.0 13.0 12.8 
Other UN organizations 1.9 2.3 1.3 1.6 2.0 
Financial development institutions 264.0 86.8 285.2 255.6 259.8 
International Development Associ ation (IDA) 140.0 – 176.9 176.9 176.9 
African Development Bank (AfDB) 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 
African Development Fund (AfDF) 46.0 46.0 71.6 35.8 51.2 
Asian Development Bank (AsDB) 0.6 – – – – 
Asian Development Fund (AsDF) 13.9 13.9 13.9 13.9 13.3 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – – – – – 
Special Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB-FSO) – – – – – 
Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC)
(b) 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.2 
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 17.7 – – 7.1 7.1 Trust Fund of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(b) 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.9 6.0 
Emergency Aid Fund (IMF) – – – – 2.5 
IMF Poverty Reduction and Growth F acility (PRGF) 8. 5 9.5 8.7 8.2 – 
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC) 23.5 7.6 4.9 5.0 – 
Multilateral Investment Guarant ee Agency (MIGA) 3.1 – – – – 
Other financial development institutions – – – – – 
Other institutions 39.3 38.9 52.1 47.2 58.6 
Global Environmental Facility (GEF) 10.6 11.6 17.7 17.1 16.8 
Consultative Group on International Agricultu ral Research (CGIAR) 17.9 10.9 10.8 11.5 12.0 
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)(b) – – – – 8.0 
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tube rculosis and Malaria (GFATM)(b) – – 6.6 3.0 5.0 
Organisation internationale de la fr ancophonie (OIF) 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.7 
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)(b) – 4.4 4.6 0.0 3.8 
Montreal Protocol on  Substances that De plete the Ozone Layer 3.1 3.0 4.0 3.9 3.5 
World Conservation Union (IUCN) 1.2 1.8 0.7 1.3 1.5 
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Dis ease Research (ICDDR) 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.2 
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
(b) – 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 
Other institutions 1.3 1.3 1.2 3.5 1.1 
Total multilateral ODA 440.1 270.3 477.4 445.6 456.7 
 
(a) Percentages applied according to DAC directives. 
(b) As decided by the OECD/DAC, cont ributions to these organizations were  included in mult ilateral ODA figures. 
 
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