Project ID: 41127

Chinese Government donates a shipment of humanitarian aid

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Iraq

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

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

2000-01-01

Actual start

2000-12-22

Actual complete

2000-12-22

Geography

Description

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.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Iraq [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Air China Limited [State-owned Company]