661 MN EURO TO EU HUMANITARIAN AID IN 2013.

The European Commission adopted, on 10 January, its plan for the allocation of its humanitarian aid funding for 2013. Worth 661 million, the plan is to be the financial backbone of the executive's humanitarian aid operational strategy. The 661 million will fund humanitarian interventions run by more than 200 of its partner organisations in nearly 80 countries or regions, the Commission said. "As in the past, the EU will provide its humanitarian assistance solely based on where people's needs are most...