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Zimbabwe: Aid Distribution

Volume 458: debated on Wednesday 28 March 2007

8. To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the involvement of the government of Zimbabwe in the distribution of aid from (a) the UK and (b) the UN. (130167)

None of the UK's humanitarian or food aid goes through the government of Zimbabwe; it is all distributed through the UN and non-governmental organisations. As donors, we will not tolerate the politicisation of aid, and we suspend projects if we need to. The UK funds a local civil society organisation to monitor food aid distribution, and works with humanitarian partners to ensure the most vulnerable people are reached.