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answer text: Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether her Department has detailed contingency plans fordelivering food to the people of Zimbabwe in the event of an emergency. [80575]Clare Short: The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is already an emergency to which my Department has been responding for over ayear. To date we have committed more than £38 million for emergency food provision, health care, agricultural inputs, andmonitoring. This has been successfully channelled through UN agencies and non-governmental partners.We are working closely with the internationally mandated organisations to ensure that appropriate contingency plans are in place fora number of scenarios, including the displacement of people. In the event of deterioration in the situation, we will continue towork with agencies already operational on the ground, with the capability, capacity, and access to deliver assistance.
answer given date: 2002-11-19+00:00
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