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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)194 final
Brussels ,9 .April 1979
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
ONEMERGENCY FOOD AID FOR ZAMBIA
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Current situation
l.ln January 1979 thePAOlaunched anappeal onbehalf ofZambia byalerting
theinternational community oftheunprecedented food crisis with whioh
Zambia will undoubtedly beconfronted during thenext fewmonths .
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Owing tothedrought which hasdevastated Zambia themain maize harvest
(April /kay1979 )islikely tobe50$below normal ,leaving adeficit of
atleast 400000 tinthis product ,only atiny part 6fwhich will beable
tobecovered bycommercial imports inview ofZambia 'sprecarious external
financial situation *Thealready critical economic situation ismade
worse bytheincreasing stream ofrefugees from Zimbabwe .
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2.Proposed food aid
TheCommission isoftheopinion that ,considering thegravity ofthe
situation ,considerable assistance must beprovided both bytheCommunity
andbyitsMember States .
TheCommission foritspart hasalready proposed that Zambia beallocated
10000 tofcereals under the1979 programme .Inaddition ,astheCommission
announced atameeting oftheCouncil 'sAdHocWorking Party onPood Aid ,
itbelieves that afurther amount should beadded totheproposed 10000 t*
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Afigure of6000 thasbeen putforward inthisconnection ,this amount to
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bededucted from -the .1978 reserve •
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Insofar asaidproposed byother donors isconcerned ,itisappropriate to
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mention here that theWorld Pood Programme will implement anumber ofprojects
inZambia during 1979 which will involve supplying intheorder of15000 t
ofcereals . v
1 /Where 8050 t1Bstill available *

Nootherindication a3totheintentions ofotherdonorsisavailable
atthemoment.InviewoftheextentofthedisastertheCommission
suggeststhatMemberStatesuseeverypossiblemeanstoprovideZambia
bilaterally withadditionalaidincerealsoftheorderofthattobe
grantedbytheCommunity,thatisaround15000tto20000t.
AreviewoftheneedswillbecarriedoutbytheCommissiontowards
themiddleof1979?inthelightoftheharvestandtheaidprogrammed
byotherdonors.Followingthisassessment ,shoulditbeprovedthat
aneedexists,theCommissionreservestherighttoproposeadditional
amountsofcerealsforZambia,
3.Mobilization procedures
SincethestaplefoodinZambiaiswhit©maizeandthisproductisnotavailable
ontheCommunitymarket,itwouldbedesirable,forthepurposesofimplementing
thetwooperationsonbehalfofZambia(10000tarid6000t),topurchase
theprod^\ctsinquestionontheworldmarket®
AccordingtoinformationreceivedbytheCommissiontheseamountscould
beobtainedcntheKenyanmarket,wherestocksofwhitemaizeamountto
100000t.Information isalsoawaitedonthe©xactstateofwhitemaize
stocksinMalawi.

4.Conclusion'
InviewoftheabovetheCommissionproposesthattheCounciltakethe
followingdecision.
. 1(i)TograntZambiaemergencyfoodaidof6000tofcereals.Thisaid
willbechargedagainstthereserveofthe1978programmeandwillbe
deliveredtotheplaceofdestination .
(ii)Iftheproducttobedeliverediswhitemaize,thiscouldbe
boughtontheworldmarket.Thispossibility wouldbeextendedtoother
foodaidawardedtoZambiaunderthe1979programme.
TheCommissionalsorecommendsthatadditional amountsofcerealsaid
oftheorderofaround15000t>to20000t-besupplieddirectlybythe
MemberStates.
Thisoperationwillcostabout1000000EUAatworldprices,theexpenditure
beinginkeepingwithappropriations alreadydecided*