EU humanitarian aid to drought victims in Georgia

Western Georgia was badly affected by a second consecutive drought in 2001. On the basis of two joint assessments undertaken in the region by the UN and the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture, the European Commission has decided to allocate €700,000 to alleviate the negative impact of the drought on vulnerable farming households in Western Georgia. The funds made available will be channeled through the Humanitarian Aid Office, ECHO, which comes under the responsibility of Commissioner Poul Nielson. ECHO will work with its traditional NGO partners in Georgia Save the Children Fund (NL) and CARE (UK) both of which have already been involved in integrated agricultural programmes seeking sustainable farming systems for vulnerable households. ECHO has been repeatedly intervening in the region of Southern Caucasus in response to the drought that affected Armenia and Georgia at the end of 1999. With this latest intervention, ECHO's total contribution in this respect has reached a total of more than €5 million.

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• EU Presidency Statement - The situation in Georgia (30/10/2001)
• EU Presidency Statement - The situation in Georgia (24/4/2001)
• EU humanitarian aid to Georgia and Armenia (29/3/2001)
• EU Presidency Statement - The Security Council meeting on Georgia (21/3/2001)