III. OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE

Two types of assistance material and social would be provided.

This support takes the form of financial, medical or other assistance.

The most direct way to increase ODA volumes is to allocate increasing shares of donor countries' national budgets to aid.

Form of assistance Number of countries requesting assistance

Form of assistance Number of countries requesting assistance

Forms of assistance

Forms of assistance

Forms of assistance

But also, we need smarter aid, and smarter use of aid.

(f) New forms of assistance.

Bilateral aid programmes play a relatively important role, most in the form of quot counterpart contributions quot .

Developed countries have committed themselves to providing the necessary support in the form of official development assistance.

One of the key challenges would be to move from theory to practice, as donors would have to change their way of providing aid.

Other means of denying humanitarian assistance have developed in Somalia, where aid ships are subject to piracy and aid convoys have been attacked.

Such forms of aid are important but must be received in addition to other forms of financing that allow countries more flexibility to design and implement development programmes.

Form of assistance offered

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The Committee will continue to discuss how it can best facilitate such assistance.

The Charter aimed at providing assistance to emergency and rescue organizations in a pragmatic manner.

Following consultations with donors, it was decided to modify the form of food support with effect from January 1997.

Canada stands ready to assist in any way it can.

The programme establishes two support modalities directed to that end.

This has brought about substantial changes in the way public development aid is implemented.

Other speakers noted that support could take various forms, including financial, material, political and moral assistance.

Other speakers noted that support could take various forms, including financial, material, poltical and moral assistance.

It takes various forms grants, loans, and technical assistance.

The Committee indicated the areas in which assistance could be provided by a specific country, as well as the way in which contacts for assistance could be established on a bilateral basis.

Form of assistance requested

It takes a variety of forms that differ in terms of their target group and scope.

The work to implement the Convention has resulted in the commonly held view that the call to assist landmine victims should not lead to victim assistance efforts being undertaken in such a manner as to exclude any person injured or disabled in another manner.

For example, the international community is increasing commitments of aid resources and has begun to explore innovative approaches for development assistance.

Traditional approaches to technical and financial assistance are being replaced by more flexible approaches based on learned experience that link financial assistance more directly to capacity building.

91. The manner in which technical assistance is provided also needs to be critically re examined.

In addition, UNHCR participated in the overall assistance programme established by UNOHAC, by providing agricultural kits and domestic utensils for needy groups.

170. Countries in group 2 and group 3 can be recategorized as belonging to group 1 or 4, either through the establishment of a United Nations assisted programme or by confirmation that assistance is not required or is being provided through other means, such as bilateral agreements.

The application of the country strategy note and UNDAF can facilitate the use of the programme approach.

There was a need for the international community to consider ways of assisting States receiving a great influx of refugees.

Police assistance

(d) Distribution of aid in cash and in kind to poor families to mark religious holidays

Recognizing that humanitarian assistance in the field of human settlements must be provided in ways that will be supportive of reconstruction and long term development,

Population assistance as a proportion of official development assistance

(i) A specification of what kind of assistance is needed

The EU has supported the six party talks throughout and remains ready to assist in whatever way we can.

Recipient governments are reportedly pleased with China s aid approach. For one thing, there is a notable absence of expensive consultants folded into so called technical assistance packages, a practice that has been a key focus of criticism directed at many funding agencies.