Int'l donors raise 841 mln USD for Darfur reconstruction
12:18, 22 March 2010
CAIRO. March 22. KAZINFORM The International Donors Conference for the Reconstruction of Darfur wrapped up here on Sunday with pledges to provide 841 million U.S. dollars for development and reconstruction projects in the war-torn Sudanese region; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The major contributions came from the Islamic Development Bank with 355 million dollars, Qatar 200 million, the European Union 95 million, Turkey 70 million, Algeria 10 million, Belgium 5 million euros (6.8 million dollars), and Australia 4 million dollars.
Participants also agreed to form a committee comprising Egypt, Qatar, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and major donors to establish a development bank to receive the funds and take up the mission of financing development projects in the region; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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