Project ID: 34488

China donates $500,000 to the UN for drought relief in Afghanistan

Commitment amount

$ 1113800.692

Constant 2017 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Afghanistan

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Grant

Concessional

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment year

2000

Completion

2000

2000-07-15

Actual

Description

In April 2000, Afghanistan experienced a severe drought. On 15 July 2000, BBC reported that the Chinese government pledged to donate $500,000 USD to Afghanistan through an unspecified UN organization for drought mitigation and food security. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking System (flow ID#1839), this donation was fully paid.

Number of official sources

2

Number of unofficial sources

1

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Afghanistan [Government Agency]; Unspecified United Nations Organization [Intergovernmental Organization]