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Overview

Chinese Government donates a shipment of humanitarian aid

Commitment Year•2000Country of Activity•IraqDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•IraqSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2000
Start (actual)
Dec 22, 2000
End (actual)
Dec 22, 2000

Geospatial footprint

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This project donates a shipment of humanitarian aid which arrived at Saddam International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/28647537.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Iraq

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • Air China Limited

Loan description

Chinese Government donates a shipment of humanitarian aid

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 22, 2000, in apparent defiance of the United Nations embargo on air travel to Iraq, an Air China Limited plane — carrying a 69-member government delegation and a shipment of humanitarian aid — arrived at Saddam International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq. The delegation, led by State Councilor Ismail Amat, included ministry officials from foreign affairs, health, and foreign trade and economic cooperation officials, accompanied by members of the Red Cross Society of China. The exact monetary value of this donation, as well as the composition of the humanitarian materials, is unknown. The Air China flight was the the first Chinese aircraft to land in Iraq since the U.N. imposed sanctions against Iraq in 1990 following its invasion of Kuwait.