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"en.19991005.10.2-180"2
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Echo is carefully considering developments in the situation of the displaced persons following the renewed hostilities which have taken place in Afghanistan since the spring. The office has on-going contact with the International Red Cross, the United Nations organisations, the NGOs which are present in the country and Echo’s own representative. The latter has carried out a mission in Kabul where streams of refugees were recorded in the northern districts. Echo’s representative is now in the Panshir valley in order to assess the situation. Difficult access to the Panshir valley, the extremely explosive situation and the marked political sensitivity which characterise the situation in the area demand intervention of a kind which will have to be organised between the various humanitarian organisations if errors of judgement and bad decisions are to be avoided. What is more, everything we do will have to respect Echo’s neutral mandate.
Echo has plans to provide aid amounting to EUR 1.5 million to all the displaced persons staying close to the various front lines, namely in the Panshir valley – where there is talk of displaced persons following the fighting in April and May – and in Kabul. The fact that this particular aid, details of which have already been submitted for approval, is being provided does not rule out the possibility of further aid being necessary before the end of the year. With the threat of difficulties created by the winter, the situation is really becoming acute.
As regards an agreement with the most representative humanitarian players in the area, the aid will be aimed in particular at consolidating the existing humanitarian structures in the area and at assisting the local population by supporting the displaced persons with medical help, food aid and shelter. The practical details of these forms of humanitarian action are being established in collaboration with our partners in the field. We are prepared continuously to alter our input, not least against the background of the highly volatile military situation."@en1
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