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As a consequence of the crisis in Kosovo, the Commission, via Echo, is providing emergency aid to the most vulnerable population groups in Serbia. Aid amounting to EUR 45.1 million has been provided so far. Against the background of the growing humanitarian needs which will arise in the coming winter, Echo is considering setting aside a further EUR 10 million for the purpose of implementing a comprehensive programme of humanitarian aid with the following six components.
Firstly: aid in the form of food and sanitary measures for 770,000 recipients of support in Serbia. This figure, which includes 350,000 refugees from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, 120,000 internally displaced Serbs and gypsies from Kosovo and 300,000 socially vulnerable people, has been calculated by the World Food Programme’s and UNHCR’s joint assessment team for emergency food aid which visited the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in July of this year. Support for the displaced persons is being provided via the International Red Cross, while the Red Cross Federation and the national Red Cross societies are in the process of extending their programme to provide food stations, to which Echo will continue to provide support.
Secondly: shelter to individuals who have been displaced recently. Echo provides support for the repair of private dwellings and the supply of goods other than food to make it possible to establish adequate shelter for new arrivals driven out of Kosovo. Through its contribution to UNHCR, Echo also provides support to families who are housing displaced persons from Kosovo.
Thirdly: psychological and social support for displaced persons. With the help of projects of this kind, attempts will be made to alleviate the trauma caused by the experiences undergone by many displaced persons, especially children.
Fourthly: emergency improvement of the structures for providing water and sanitation. Even if larger rebuilding projects are not undertaken, Echo will make less extensive improvements to the installations concerned in order to prevent health problems from arising.
Fifthly: support for social institutions. The most vulnerable groups in Serbia are to be found in such institutions, and Echo will, to the extent that is necessary, provide help in the form of supplementary food aid (basic food aid being provided by the World Food Programme) and supplementary goods other than food and heating.
Sixthly: hygiene. In the course of the winter, special arrangements will have to be made at certain points to provide heating, among other things. Negotiations with the World Health Organisation concerning flu vaccinations and problems with tuberculosis are under way right now.
Students from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia are not – as the honourable Member supposes – excluded from foreign universities or cut off from contacts abroad, because the sanctions in place do not extend to such matters. It is true that no EU aid is being provided under the Tempus programme, but that is due to the fact that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia does not fulfil the criteria established by the Council in connection with the PHARE programme to which Tempus is linked. In any case, resources have been set aside to support democratisation and promote the institutions of civil society.
With regard to the environmental consequences of the Kosovo conflict for Serbia, I would refer you to the answer given to question no. 1512/99."@en1
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