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China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides a donation of health supplies to Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 2020 (Linked to Record ID#94440)

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•ArgentinaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ArgentinaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Sep 9, 2020
Start (actual)
Sep 9, 2020
End (actual)
Sep 9, 2020

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

  • China Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship

Loan description

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides a donation of health supplies to Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 2020 (Linked to Record ID#94440)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On September 9, 2020, a virtual handover ceremony was held for a batch of health supplies donated by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Worship, with officials from each ministry in attendance. At least some of, and potentially all, the materials were intended to be used by individuals working in the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs itself. The Argentine ministry's press release adds that the materials are to protect ministry workers, Argentine citizens, and foreign nationals visiting the ministry's headquarters by combatting the spread of COVID-19. The ministry's supplies included a thermal imaging camera kit to be located at the entrance of the headquarters, N95 masks, surgical masks, protective suits and footwear covers. The specific amounts that were donated, as well as any other potential recipients, are unknown. The thermal imaging kit may have been donated by Dahua Technologies and inaugurated prior to the official handover ceremony, on July 31, 2020 (see Record ID#94440).

Staff comments

1. The thermal imaging equipment may have been donated by Dahua Technologies, rather than the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Record ID#94440 captures the "inauguration" of a similar system, also donated to Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship to place at the entrance of the Ministry offices. However, official sources from the Government of Argentina cite two different donors for the system in two different articles: Dahua Technologies and China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.