Aid pledged to sudan
Leaders from more than 50 nations pledged more than $4.5 billion for Sudan in a donors’ conference here today, but one official after another warned that continuing violence in Darfur would undermine the peace agreement they were here to support.
The United States pledged between $1 billion and $2 billion to support the north-south peace agreement. The European Commission promised about $760 million. Britain offered $545 million and Norway, $250 million. Several officials speaking at the conference praised the donor nations for their pledges while urging them to make the actual payments. Pledges made at conferences like these are often followed by failure to make all of the payments promised.
A report by the United Nations and the World Bank found that Sudan needs $2.6 billion in outside aid to meet its $7.9 billion budget for humanitarian assistance and reconstruction in the south over the next two years.
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