Norway fulfils aid pledge to Lebanon

At the Donor Conference for Lebanon held in Paris on 25 January 2007, Norway pledged to provide assistance worth NOK 100 million to Lebanon in 2007. Preliminary figures indicate that the final amount will be NOK 98.3 million. 

In addition, Norway provided NOK 150 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as general assistance in 2007, and a considerable portion of these funds have benefited Lebanon. 

The NOK 98.3 million was allocated as follows:

 

Areas

	NOK
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon	5 700 000
Oil for Development	2 500 000
Renovation of houses following the war in 2006	7 200 000
General humanitarian assistance	57 400 000
Organisational development	4 900 000
Environmental measures	13 100 000
Mine clearance/cluster munitions	7 500 000
	98 300 000

 

Channels

 

 

	NOK
Norwegian NGOs	59 500 000
UN	15 700 000
Norwegian Coastal Administration (oil spill clean-up equipment)	7 700 000
Foreign NGOs	7 500 000
Lebanese authorities	5 400 000
Other	2 500 000
	98 300 000