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Germany Provides Humanitarian Aid to Mozambique,
Promises Debt Relief
The German government has provided wide-ranging
humanitarian relief and considerable funding to help
victims of the flood disaster in Mozambique.
Funding provided or pledged thus far by the German
government - through the Foreign Ministry, the Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the
Federal Ministry of the Interior, and Federal Ministry
of Defense - amounted to approximately DM 50 million
at the end of March, 2000. In addition, Federal
Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul has announced that the
German government would be canceling DM 62 million in
trade debts owed by Mozambique.
The funding provided has been used to pay for
emergency relief and support measures, rescue flights,
emergency relief equipment, water purification, and
emergency medical assistance.
The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ) will also provide DM 2 million
through the Germany Agency for Technical Cooperation
(GTZ) for reconstruction measures aimed at helping to
overcome the effects of the flood disaster. A further
DM 6.5 million in emergency food aid is being provided
to the World Food Program.
The BMZ plans to provide DM 26 million for
second-phase measures aimed at reconstructing
destroyed infrastructure.
On March 15, the creditor countries in the Paris Club
(of which Germany is a member) agreed to grant a
temporary deferral for repayment of Mozambican debts.
Germany played an active part in the international
effort to rescue victims of the flood disaster. It
sent both uniformed and civilian Bundeswehr personnel
as well as members of the Federal Border Guard to
participate in rescue and relief operations. Flood
victims were supplied with 567 tons of relief goods
carried on 498 flights by two C-160 Transall transport
aircraft and four Bell UH-1D helicopters supplied by
Germany. Some 1,500 persons were transported as well.
The six aircraft were in the air for about 500 hours.
A total of 39 Mozambicans were rescued from
life-threatening situations. Around 2,600 persons
received treatment from German Air Force medical
personnel at two medical facilities. On March 31, with
their emergency rescue and relief mission completed,
114 of the Bundeswehr and Federal Border Guard
personnel returned to Germany.
In coming months, the German government will continue
to do everything it can to help in the effort to
reconstruct the country, doing so in cooperation with
NGOs.
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