LA COMMISSION EUROPÉENNE,

vu le traité sur le fonctionnement de l’Union européenne,

vu le règlement (CE) nº 1257/96 du Conseil du 20 juin 1996 concernant l’aide humanitaire (ci-après dénommé «règlement concernant l’aide humanitaire») et notamment son article 2, en particulier le point c), son article 4 et son article 15, paragraphes 2 et 3,

The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2013/01000

The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision
ECHO/WWD/ BUD/2013/01000

Executive Summary

The activities proposed under the 5th assessment round are still subject to the adoption of the second amendment of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2012/01000.

MAJOR CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE HIP

0 . MAJOR CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE HIP

This HIP's allocation of 4 MEUR from the food aid budget line could not be programmed and committed in the first half of 2012. It was decided to enable a transfer of 4 MEUR from the Food Aid Budget Line to the Humanitarian Aid Budget Line under the present HIP. The two reasons behind this change are the following:

EDITORIAL

Welcome to the first edition of the Afghanistan Food Security and Agriculture Cluster (FSAC) Quarterly Newsletter.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is undertaking a study on strengthening principled humanitarian response capacities with research input from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Donors and humanitarian actors have committed themselves to providing humanitarian aid in accordance with the following principles, which are enshrined in the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) principles and the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief:

Brussels, 21 November 2011 - The European Commission is releasing new funding of €1.5 million to provide food assistance for around 72,000 victims of the drought in northern Afghanistan. This brings the Commission's humanitarian response to this crisis to €4.5 million.