Luxembourg's development cooperation - Annual report 2012

From a humanitarian point of view, 2012 was principally marked by the armed conflicts in Syria and Mali.

In view of the alarming humanitarian needs in Sudan and South Sudan, the ministry made contributions totalling 2 587 432 euros to help populations affected by conflict: 200 000 euros for the Caritas Foundation Luxembourg, 200 000 euros to Médecins Sans Frontières, 87 432 euros to Care in Luxemburg, 100 000 euros to the World Food Programme (WFP), 750 000 euros to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and 1 250 000 euros to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Within the context of the conflict and displacement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luxembourg allocated 1 449 043 euros to the DRC Pooled Fund, to interventions by four of Luxembourg’s NGOs (Handicap International Luxembourg, Caritas Foundation Luxembourg, Pharmaciens sans Frontières and Care in Luxemburg) and to the ICRC.

In response to the sectarian conflict in Myanmar, the ministry gave 420 000 euros to UNHCR and WFP to help the populations affected by the hostilities in the States of Rakhine, Kachin and in the south of the country.

The ministry also supported emergency relief projects in the following countries: Burkina Faso, the Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Chad, Tunisia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Albania, Montenegro, the Philippines, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Laos, Thailand, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Fiji and Vanuatu.

In total the ministry allocated 34 616 513 euros, the equivalent of 83.64 % of total humanitarian aid expenditures for the year, to food and non-food humanitarian emergency assistance and to the coordination of emergency operations.