Donor Support – 1995

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Donor Support – 1995

1995

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A donor two-day conference funded by UNDP and attended by some 20 countries concluded in Geneva on 23 January 1995. In the conference, donor countries pleaded US$ 587 million dollars in aid to find the country’s recovery program in the year 1995-6.1 In May, donor countries like the United States, Great Britain, Spain, Belgium, Germany and Norway, among others agreed to fund the international tribunals.2

Donor agencies which pleaded for funding in January met in Rwanda for two days in July to review progress on disbursement of reconstruction funds. According to a report, only 92 million of total 430 million expected had been disbursed.3 Donor representatives again met in November for the repatriation and resettlement of refugees and agreed that their pledges made at the Geneva conference would be reassessed soon. Some countries also made new aid pledges to help Rwanda.4 Rwanda received a total of 702 million bilateral and multilateral assistance of which 662.6 million was grant assistance.5

  1. “Rwanda; Western donors pledge 587m dollars in aid,” BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, January 23, 1995.
  2. “Rwanda; Western Donors Agree to Finance International Genocide Tribunal,” BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, May 22, 1995.
  3. “International Aid Donors to Rwanda Meet for Progress Review,” Agence France Presse, July 6, 1995.
  4. “Rwanda; Donors’ Meeting Ends, Pledges Detailed,” BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, November 24, 1995.
  5. “Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Aid Recipients: 1995/1999,” Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2001, 216-21.