/ 4 May 2000

MOZ GETS $450m IN FLOOD RELIEF

THE world answered Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano’s call for aid to help with flood relief with an international donation of $452,9-million, the United Nations Development Programme said on Thursday. The final sum, about $3-million more than Chissano requested, was announced at the end of a two day international fundraising conference in Rome. Mark Malloch Brown, spokesman for the UNDP, welcomed the news, and inpartcular the ”speed and flexibility” of the international response The main donators were the United States with $131-million, the European Union with $60-million, the Netherlands with $45-million, Great Britain with $44,8-million, Japan with $30-million and Italy with $22-million.