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". – Firstly, on a positive note, the rigid manner in which we allocate money to different geographical envelopes means that money is not being moved from somewhere else into Iraq. The EUR 200 million is money that has, so to speak, been 'vacuumed-up' in the neighbourhood. Thus we are not taking money away from what we can and should do in Africa because of what we are doing in Iraq.
The question of what we do in other conflicts is a big question which we do not have time to go into today.
As to the second supplementary question, I can report that of the total EUR 100 million for humanitarian assistance to Iraq mobilised for this year, we have made a detailed commitment for about EUR 70 million, and expect that most of the remaining money will be committed towards the end of the year. In terms of actual spending and implementation, we have, in spite of all the difficulties, been able to stick very closely to the plan and expectations. It has to be noted that the actual work we are doing there is carried out by local people working for us or for the organisations we use as implementing agencies. We are still able to do something meaningful, but keep a low profile for obvious reasons of security. However, looking at things on a day-by-day and week-by-week basis, the humanitarian effort to date has been a wonderful achievement."@en1
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