Since the beginning of 2003 the Federal
Foreign Office has provided a total of 680,000 euro for humanitarian relief
activities in the northern Caucasus. Most of this money is earmarked for
projects to help conflict victims in Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.
The two main recipients - the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva - have each been allocated 275,000 euro
to fund emergency relief for civilians, children, prisoners and the sick
and wounded. This money will help provide emergency accommodation, daily
necessities and medical care for conflict victims in Chechnya, Ingushetia
and Dagestan.
An amount of 130,000 euro has also been allocated to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). This support is intended to help OCHA continue the important work its Moscow office and its field office in Nasran (Ingushetia) are doing to coordinate and steer the activities of UN aid agencies and a wide range of non-governmental organizations in the northern Caucasus.
Providing emergency care and relief for the victims of the Chechnya conflict is also in 2003 one of the priorities of the Federal Government's humanitarian activities abroad.