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Chechnya

Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance her Department is providing to Chechnyan refugees; and if she will make a statement. [108640]

Clare Short: We have so far contributed £500,000 to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appeal for the North Caucasus, and $1,450,000 (£893,000) to the UN Inter Agency Appeal for internally displaced people in the North Caucasus, split between the World Food Programme ($1,000,000), the United Nations Children's Fund ($250,000), the World Health Organisation ($100,000) and the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs ($100,000). The UK has also contributed through our share of the 2.2 million euro donated by the EU (Primarily to UNHCR (1 million euro) and ICRC (1 million euro)). We are monitoring the humanitarian situation closely.

GM Crops

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what projects her Department has supported which involved the growing of genetically modified crops. [108391]

Clare Short: A list of the projects and a briefing on the approach of my Department to genetically modified crops have been sent to my hon. Friend and placed in the Library.

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