HC Deb 16 July 1976 vol 915 c305W
Miss Richardson

asked the Minister for Overseas Development if he will give full details of the EEC food aid to Vietnam, including the contribution made by each member country.

Mr. Prentice

The EEC has made the following agreements for the supply of food aid to Vietnam on a Community basis—distribution being handled by the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as indicated below:

Date and Commodity Tonnage Agency
April 1975
Dried Skimmed Milk 590 UNICEF
Sugar 100 UNICEF
Dried Skimmed Milk 100 ICRC
Rice 1,000 ICRC
July 1975
Rice 7,000 ICRC
Butteroil 500 ICRC
Rice 2,000 UNHCR
Wheat Flour 6,000 UNHCR
Butteroil 500 UNHCR
July 1976
Wheat Flour 3,311 ICRC
Rice 1,937.5 ICRC
Dried Skimmed Milk 500 ICRC
Wheat Flour 3,311 UNHCR
Dried Skimmed Milk 300 UNHCR
Butteroil 600 UNHCR
Dried Skimmed Milk 1,700 UNICEF
Butteroil 600 UNICEF

In addition we know of a Danish bilateral gift of 2,000 tons of cereals.

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