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| Japan to give Iraq 10 bil. yen to improve public services | |
| 2004-12-28 | |
Japan decided Tuesday to give Iraq 10 billion yen in grant aid to improve its public services, such as hospitals and the police, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said. Of the amount, 8.45 billion yen will go to health and home affairs ministries of the Iraqi interim government as funds to buy 700 ambulances, 150 police buses and 500 police motorcycles to improve the security situation all over Iraq, the ministry said. Japan will also allocate 866 million yen for the government of the southern Iraqi province of Muthana, where Japanese troops are stationed, to buy medical equipment for 32 local primary health centers. The remaining 658 million will be for the city of Samawah, the provincial capital, to buy garbage-collecting equipment such as vehicles and containers, the ministry said.
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| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #5 Oh yeah, I'd love to see Japan and India on the Security council. It would be so much fun watching the Chicoms and the IslamoEUrans quiver and shit peach seeds. |
| Posted by: toad 2004-12-28 3:20:16 PM |
| #4 Thanks, Joe. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-12-28 3:24:00 AM |
| #3 Currently, Japan accounts for 20 percent of the 1.3 billion dollar annual UN budget, [ 2nd largest donor], is the number one donor to [official development assistance] providing an average of about 11 billion dollars in ODA annually, and is the largest single contributor to UNESCO, the UN Development Programme (UNDP),and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), among various other UN funds and programmes http://www.jca.apc.org/web-news/corpwatch-jp/63.html yet demands little in the way of control Recently Japan has been politicking big-time for a seat on the Security Council, but has been unsuccessful in its efforts. |
| Posted by: joeblow 2004-12-28 2:23:44 AM |
| #2 As I recall, Japan is the #2 donator to the U.N. and other international efforts, yet demands little in the way of control. If any country is to get a permanent seat on the UNSC, Japan should be it. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-12-28 2:03:08 AM |
| #1 Indeed, Sea! Japan, once again, demonstrates leadership and independent good will and effort. Kudos! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-28 1:19:02 AM |