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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)401 final
Brussels ,16July 1975
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
CONCERNING EMERGENCY FOOD AID TOBECARRIED OUT BYTHE
INTERMEDIARY OFTHE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OFTHE RED
CROSS FOR AFFLICTED PERSONS INHAITI
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1.Followinganabnormallylongperiodofdrought,analready
precariousfoodsituationinHaitihassharplyworsened.Faminenow
threatens300000people^^overthewholecountry,especiallyin
theNorthwest.
Asaresult,theCommissionhasreceivedarequestfor
foodaidfromtheHaitiauthorities ,aswellasasecondrequestfrom
theInternational CommitteeoftheRedCross(ICRC)covering600tons
ofskimmedmilkpowder.
2.Inviewofurgencyoftheseneeds,theCommissionhas
alreadydecided "bywayofaninitialresponse:
-toallowfreedistribution ofthenormalfooda^.d,alreadydecided
bytheCommunityunder1975programmes(3000tonscereals,200tons
skimmedmilkpowder,500tonsbutteroil).Onthebasisofthe
Haitigovernment'soriginalrequestthiswouldotherwisehavebeen
soldonthelocalmarket.
-togranttotheICRC100tonsofskimmedmilkpowderunderthe
agreementof3.2.75»*"orwhich"theCommissionwasempoweredtodecide
itselfuponemergencyactionsnotexceeding100tonsformilk
productsand1000tonsforcereals.
3* HowevertheCommissionconsidersthatinviewofthe
extentofthefahiinetheCommunityshouldtakereliefmeasuresfor
theafflictedpersonsbygrantingfurtheramountsoffoodaid.
Asregardscerealsandediblefats,ctheCommissiondoes
nothavesufficientinformation atthistimeforSnevaluationof
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Haiti'sneeds.Thisinformationisexpectedveryshortly;whenitis
tohandtheCommissionintendstopresentdefiniteproposalstothe
Council.
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(l)Thisisaminimumfigure;certainagenciesgiveatotalof600000
victims.Itisimpossibletoestablishaprecisenumberinviewof
communication difficulties inthenorthandnorthwestregions.
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Asregards skimmed milk powder however aclear and
urgent need exists .ICRC regards theminimum requirement tobearound
1000tonswhich would permit tofeeding of300000people for3months ^^.
Since aidpledged and inthe course ofdelivery amounts only to
(2)375tons ,therequest from ICRC for600tons appears entirely
justified .
4. TheCommission therefore proposes aCouncil decision
ontheallocation totheRed .Cross of600tons ofskimmed milk powder
forafflicted persons inHaiti .,
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This would bedistributed bythe local Red Cross under •
ICRC control .Itwould taken from the agreement of3.2.75 concluded
withICRC^,fordelivery CIFportofunloading under theterms of
the agreement , i ; c
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5. The cost oftms operation can beevaluated atabout
492000u.a .taking into account thebudget price ?forskimmed milk
powder andthetransport .This sumdoes notrepresent newbudget
expense fortheCommunity since itfalls under the1974 food aid
(4programme adopted bytheCouncil on ,11.7*74 •
6. Inconclusion the Commission recommends the Council
todecide onthegrant ofemergency food aidintheform of600metric
tons ofskimmed milk powder forafflicted persons 'inHaiti ,bythe
intermediary oftheICRC ,fordelivery CIFandtobetaken from the
agreement with ICRC of3*2 .75»
(1)Assuming 35g/person /day. '
(2)200tons EEC ,100tons ICRC ,75 "tons Catholic Relief Services .
ρ ,
(3)OJL75of24.3*75 *Under this agreement 264Otons ofskimmed milk
powder arestill available . n
(4)OJL190of13*7*74 *
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