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- Preface
- I. Luxembourg’s Official Development Assistance in 2012
- DAC peer review
- On the path to 2015
- II. Cooperation with partner countries
- III. Regional cooperation and cooperation with other countries
- IV. Multilateral cooperation
- V. Cooperation with non-governmental organisations
- VI. Humanitarian aid
- VII. Programme support
- VIII. Awareness-raising and development education
- IX. Microfinance
- X. Evaluation
- XI. Progress report on the Inter-ministerial Committee for Development Cooperation
- Appendices
VI. Humanitarian aid
Ambulances donated to Jordan
emergency.lu in South Sudan
Humanitarian aid in syria
The political conflict in Syria has increasingly evolved into sectarian civil war. In 2012, more than 480 000 people fled Syria to seek refuge in neighbouring countries (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey) and in North Africa, and more than two million people, half of them children, are internally displaced within Syria. More than four million people require humanitarian assistance due to the violence and its socio-economic impact.
Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation contributed a total of 1 968 623 euros to its humanitarian aid partners (UNHCR, CICR, Caritas Foundation Luxembourg, Syria Emergency Fund, Handicap International Luxembourg, and Luxembourg Red Cross) in response to the Syrian crisis. In addition, the ministry covered the freight and certification costs (32 616 euros) of three ambulances donated by Luxembourg’s Rescue Services Agency to facilitate the transportation of sick Syrian refugees in the Za’atri refugee camp in Jordan.
The Luxembourgish response to the Syrian crisis in 2012 totalled 2 001 239 euros.
