1.The government of the Republic of Korea has decided to provide 3 billion won, or US$2.65 million, to Libya at the request of Libya to support its plan to excavate and identify the remains of the missing, one of the priority tasks of the interim government for national reconstruction.
The government of the Republic of Korea, in addition to the US$50,000 provided to Fiji that sustained massive flood damage in its major western cities such as Nandi in January, has decided to offer an additional US$50,000 in humanitarian assistance to the area struck by flood damage again due to heavy rain.
In view of rising outbreaks of typhoid and other waterborne illnesses in the affected areas, sanitation and general medical supplies worth US$50,000 will be procured in the ROK and sent to the areas as promptly as possible.
1)The government of the Republic of Korea has decided to provide Syria with humanitarian assistance worth US$1 million in a bid to join the efforts of the international community to resolve the humanitarian crisis in the country.
1 At the request of the Myanmarese government, the government of the Republic of Korea will dispatch a government delegation, comprised of two officials of the National Election Commission, to the country to observe its by-elections scheduled for April 1.
- The by-elections will be participated by major opposition parties, including the National League for Democracy, where Aung San Suu Kyi is a member, and others that had not taken part in the latest general election.
Amid the concern of the international community that continued drought is likely to cause serious food shortages in the Sahel region of West Africa, the government of the Republic of Korea has decided to provide the region with humanitarian assistance worth a total of US$1.5 million at the request of the UN for emergency relief.
The government has decided to provide humanitarian assistance worth some US$200,000 to the Philippines that sustained enormous damage from a 6.8-magnitude earthquake on February 6.
The Philippine government announced on February 10 that the earthquake left 34 dead, 54 injured and 71 missing, victimizing some 88,000 directly or indirectly.
The government has decided to provide humanitarian assistance worth US$50,000 each to Papua New Guinea and Fiji that have sustained enormous damage, such as landslides, from torrential rains last weekend.
The aforementioned aid fund, after consultations with the governments of the two countries and the Red Cross, will be used to give relief to flood victims and restore facilities.
The number of North Korean refugees who arrived in South Korea in 2011 stood at 2,737. The total number of North Korean refugees resettling in the South reached 23,100 as of December 31, 2011.
The number of North Korean refugees who entered South Korea last year is a 15% increase from 2010 (2,379) and a 6% drop from 2009(2,927).
2011 saw Korea at the forefront of efforts to strengthen the existing framework of international cooperation for the provision of development assistance, disaster relief, and NGO-headed aid programs. From leadership at high-level international conferences to a series of historic summit meetings that saw President Lee Myung-bak become the first Korean head of state to visit Africa, the events of the past year pointed to significant contributions by Korea as a key player in the international community.
The Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced on December 5 that the government plans to give USD 5.65 million (approximately 6.5 billion won) in aid to North Korea via the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The UNICEF programs will be directed to the most vulnerable sectors of the North Korean population, including infants, children, and pregnant or nursing mothers. Among these, USD 2.8 million will be allotted for vaccines and medical supplies, 2.5 million for programs to treat and prevent malnourishment, and 350,000 for miscellaneous administrative needs.
After extended negotiations, 18 sherpas elected to represent a wide group of stakeholders reached agreement on the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation.
The MOU New
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Location: Anseong, Gyeong-gi Province
On October 20, Hanawon (Resettlement Center for North Korean Refugees) held an opening ceremony of the Prep School for North Korean Refugees. About 100 people from the Ministry of Education, the Korean Education Development Institute (KEDI) and MOU affiliated institutions gathered to celebrate the opening of a new prep school at Hanawon.
The government decided to provide emergency humanitarian assistance of USD 200,000 for Thailand, which has recently been hit hard by severe flood.
In line with the international community, including the US and China among others, that actively responds to help flood-stricken Thailand, the government plans to send relief worth USD 200,000 to Thailand through the Red Cross Thailand.
Spokesperson and Deputy Minsiter for Public Relations of MOFAT
The Korean government has decided to provide East Timor with US$400,000 through the World Food Programme (WFP) to help improve the nutrition of the country’s children suffering from famine in a poor environment.
The Korean government has decided to provide US$300,000 to Laos, where some 40 percent of the children are suffering from chronic undernutrition, through the World Food Programme.
The World Food Programme (WFP), the world’s largest humanitarian assistance organization aimed to resolve the issues of poverty and famine, provides food to about 90 million people in 70-odd countries annually.
The Korean government supported Laos’ school lunch program in 2009 and relief and restoration project in 2010 through the WFP.
This document presents a summary of 4th Asian ministerial conference on disaster risk reduction (AMCDRR) focusing on the convergence of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, information technology and green technology.
President Lee Myung-bak agreed to strengthen cooperation in nuclear safety and disaster control management with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao at the fourth Korea-Japan-China summit in Tokyo.
At the summit, which took place on May 21-22, the leaders expressed condolences to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan in March.
The Korean government has decided to increase the amount of humanitarian aid being donated to Libyan refuges by 500,000 dollars. This brings the total amount of aid from Seoul to one million dollars.
The new funds will go to Libya through the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, more than 550,000 people have fled Libya for neighboring countries, and some 35,000 others have been internally displaced.
1. As the situation in Côte d'Ivoire is continuously worsening and the number of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) is rapidly increasing, the Korean government has decided to provide additional humanitarian aid worth 500,000 dollars through the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
※ As of April 12, there have been around 500 deaths, 120,000 refugees and some 800,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
