§ 76. Mr. Baldryasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what initiatives Her Majesty's Government are currently taking to assist drought affected Africa.
§ Mr. RaisonWe have food aid on its way shortly to Ethiopia and Mozambique. We have now committed to 73W Ethiopia most of the £5 million I announced recently for drought-stricken countries. We have taken the initiative in getting the Council of Ministers to endorse last week a new allocation by the European Community for the same purpose worth £35 million, of which over £20 million will be food aid. We have encouraged the world food programme and the wider UN system to reinforce their efforts to deal with the Ethiopian drought.