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The European Commission has granted 15.5-million Euros in humanitarian aid for refugees along the Myanmar - Thailand border. Since 1992 the European Commission has provided over 106 Million Euros in humanitarian aid to this region.
The aid will be provided in the health, food aid, nutrition, and water and sanitation sectors, as well as for the protection of certain threatened groups.
This aid will also support humanitarian assistance to more than 150,000 Burmese refugees along the Myanmar-Tai border who are almost entirely dependent on international aid.
The funding will help support the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in ensuring vulnerable groups are protected by both the authorities and armed groups, in line with international law.
It will also continue to support UNHCR protection-monitoring activities on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border and on the Myanmar-Thailand border.
Myanmar has been ruled by a military region since 1962. The continued armed conflict between government forces and ethnic minority groups has led to an influx of more than 150,000 refugees into Thailand and about five hundred thousands internally displaced people.
Inside Myanmar, the health conditions are especially worrying, with an under-five child mortality rate of 108 per 1000 live births. The main causes of premature death are malaria, HIV/AIDS, acute respiratory infections and diarrheic diseases.
Water and sanitation problems are also of particular concern. The programmes implemented will focus on early detection, followed by effective treatment with mobile clinics to reach remote villages and those who don't have access to local health facilities.
Israel Rafalovich
Please also see:
China and Russia veto US/UK-backed Security Council draft resolution on Myanmar http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21228&Cr=myanmar&Cr1
The European Commission has granted 15.5-million Euros in humanitarian aid for refugees along the Myanmar - Thailand border. Since 1992 the European Commission has provided over 106 Million Euros in humanitarian aid to this region.
The aid will be provided in the health, food aid, nutrition, and water and sanitation sectors, as well as for the protection of certain threatened groups.
This aid will also support humanitarian assistance to more than 150,000 Burmese refugees along the Myanmar-Tai border who are almost entirely dependent on international aid.
The funding will help support the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in ensuring vulnerable groups are protected by both the authorities and armed groups, in line with international law.
It will also continue to support UNHCR protection-monitoring activities on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border and on the Myanmar-Thailand border.
Myanmar has been ruled by a military region since 1962. The continued armed conflict between government forces and ethnic minority groups has led to an influx of more than 150,000 refugees into Thailand and about five hundred thousands internally displaced people.
Inside Myanmar, the health conditions are especially worrying, with an under-five child mortality rate of 108 per 1000 live births. The main causes of premature death are malaria, HIV/AIDS, acute respiratory infections and diarrheic diseases.
Water and sanitation problems are also of particular concern. The programmes implemented will focus on early detection, followed by effective treatment with mobile clinics to reach remote villages and those who don't have access to local health facilities.
Israel Rafalovich
Please also see:
China and Russia veto US/UK-backed Security Council draft resolution on Myanmar http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21228&Cr=myanmar&Cr1