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COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHECOUNCILON
EMERGENCY AIDANDFOODAIDFOR
AFGHANREFUGEES

1.AsaresultoftherecenteventsAfghanrefugeesinPakistanhave
increasedconsiderably,nownumberingalmost500,000.Theiroverallneeds,
evaluatedjointlybythePakistanGovernment andtheOfficeoftheUnited
NationsHighCommissioner forRefugees(UNHCR)amounttot72millionfor
1980.ThePakistanGovernment hasaskedtheUNHCRtofindt55millionof
thissum.TheUNHCRhasnowlaunchedanappealforassistance fromthein­
ternational communityingeneralandtheEECinparticular .TheCommission
receivedaformalrequestfromtheOfficeoftheHighCommissioner inGeneva
bytelegramme on14January.Requirements assetoutinitsprogrammeare
asfollows:
Basicfoodstuffs US%
cereals 12-960,000
oiI 5,346,000
skimmedmilkpowder 3,645,000
vegetables 2,779,200
Total 24,730,200
Other
Shelter 7,582,000
clothingandhouseholdutensils 6,776,000
medical 1,848,000
water 1,042,000
education 770,000
agriculture (implements,seeds,material) 360,250
cattle 1,760,000
communityprojects 1,693,000
vehicles 628,000
logisticsupport 1,042,000
supplementary foodstuffs support(tea,sugar)2,750,000
transportfromabroad 1,000,000
reserveandadministrative costs 2,748,000
Total 29,999,250
Grandtotal +g55,000,000

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2.Tocovertheserequirements theMemberStateshavedecided,according
totheinformation obtainedbytheCommissionduringitscoordination ofthe
emergencyaid,tomakethefollowingcontributions :
Netherlands Fl2million i.e.t1,023,000
F.R.G. DM1million 564,000
Italy Lit370million 447,000
U.K. b120,000 259,000
Belgiumisplanningtocontribute 4millionBelgianFrancs(2139,000).
Todatefundshavealsobeenpromisedby:
milliondollars
UNHCR(annualprogramme) 9.5
WFP 5.4
Norway 1.2
UnitedArabEmirates 1.0
Thus,outofthetotalt72millionrequired,someZ50millionhave
sti11tobefound.
3.Followingtheresolutionof14JanuaryoftheUnitedNationsGeneral
AssemblyaskingallStatesandnationalandinternational organizations to
increasehumanitarian aidfortheAfghanrefugees,inconsultation withthe
UNHCR,thenineForeignMinisters recommended on15JanuarythattheCommission
./.
1InadditiontothissumofDM1,000,000,whichhasbeensenttotheF.R.G.
EmbassyinPakistanforthepurchaseoftents,blankets,etc.,Germanyis
tomakeafurthercontribution forthesupplyofotheressential goods.
AttheCouncilmeetingon15JanuaryMrGenscherspokeofatotalsumof
DM5,000,000(t2,820,000).

presentproposalsasquicklyaspossibletoenabletheCommunitytocover
amajorpartofthecostoftheaidfortherefugees.On18Januarythe
EuropeanParliamentunanimouslyadoptedaresolutionalongthesamelines
inStrasbourg,layingparticularemphasisontheurgencyofthematter.
4.Inviewoftheabove,thefollowingisproposed:
(a)emergencyaidamountingto10mEUA(approximately t14million),
asfollows:
(i)immediateaid,tobechargedagainstArticle950"Communityaidto
disastervictimsindevelopingandothernon-membercountries",to
bekeptto300,000EUAinviewoftheconstraints imposedbythe
provisionaltwelfthsforJanuaryandFebruaryandoftheotherprojects
alreadyagreed;
(ii)aid,tobefurnishedassoonaspossible,amountingto9,700,000 EUA:
sincethereisonlya3millionEUAappropriation forArticle950in
thedraftbudgetfor1980thissumcannotasthingsstandbecharged
againstthisbudgetheading.TheCommissionconsidersthatitwould
notbeadvisablemerelytochargepartofthesum(overandabovethe
300,000EUAreferredtoabove)againstthatheading:thiswouldin
effectmeanexhaustingtheArticle950appropriation rightatthe
beginningoftheyear,thusmakinganyrapidintervention impossible
intheeventofadisasterinadevelopingornon-membercountrylater
intheyear.ForthisreasontheCommissionthinksthattheappro­
priationsforArticle950shouldbeincreased,upto9,700,000 EUA,
byatransferfromaChapterinTitle9whichhasfundsavailableunder
theprovisional-twelth systemexceedingthatsum:onlyChapter92"Food
Aid"satisfiesthiscondition.TheCommissionthinksthattheBudget
Authorityshouldbearthissumof9,700,000 EUAinmindwhenestablishing
the1980budget.-

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(b)foodaid,comprising,asrequestedbytheUNHCR:
(i)12,000tonnesofcereals <1979programme),3,000tonnesofwhichbeing
thequantitiesoriginally earmarkedforAfghanistan andcancelledby
theCouncilon15January,plus9,000tonnestobetakenprovisionally ,
therebeingno1979reserve,fromthequantities intendedforVietnam
in19791;
(ii)300tonnesofskimmedmilkpowderfromthe1979programme,being
quantitiesoriginally intendedforAfghanistan;
(iii)1,000tonnesofsugar,tobefinanced(476,000EUAatinternalprices)
byatransferbetweentherelevantChapters,Chapter92"FoodAid"and
Chapter64"Sugar".
Thesequantities,togetherwiththosealreadyagreed(740tonnesof
butteroil and600tonnesofpoweredmilk-1979budget)represent2,600,000
EUA(approximatelyt3,700,000)^.
(c)inall,theCommunitycontribution wouldamountto12,600,000 EUA
(approximately t17,700,000),andthatoftheCommunity andtheMemberStates
combinedtonotlessthansome20milliondollars(i.e.28%oftotalrequire­
ments)andprobablymore.
./.
1ItshouldbenotedinthisconnectionthattheCommissionisintendingtoput
proposalsbeforetheCouncilinthenextfewweekstoregularize the'foodaid
forSouth-East Asianrefugees(theboatpeople,Cambodia,etc.)andtheaids
allocatedtoVietnamunderthe1979programme.
2calculated ontheworldunitpricesusedbytheUNHCRtoensureconsistency
withthefigurefortotalrequirements .
AtinternalCommunitypricesthecorresponding figureis7,300,000 EUA,which
isthusthesumtobechargedagainsttheCommunitybudget.

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5.Inconclusion,inordertomakeaCommunitycontribution tothe
UNHCR'sprogrammeforAfghanrefugees,theCommission :
(i)isdecidingtograntimmediateemergencyaidamountingto300,000EUA
underArticle950for1980;
(ii)isdecidingtograntasecondaidinstalment amountingto9,700,000 EUA,
tobechargedagainstArticle950,subjecttotheBudgetAuthority's
agreeingtothisamountbeingtransferred fromChapter92"FoodAid";
(iii)isproposingtosupplyfoodaidcomprising :
-12,000tonnesofcerealsfromthe1979programme,
300tonnesofskimmedmilkpowderfromthe1979programme,
-1,000tonnesofsugartobechargedagainsttherelevantbudget
headings,whichwillneedtobefundedbymeansofadjustments within
theChapters.