Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, August 26, 2003
China Donates Emergency Assistant Materials to Uganda
The Chinese government Monday donated a batch of emergency assistant materials worth 250,000 US dollars to the Ugandan government, to help internally displaced persons in the northern part of the country.
The Chinese government Monday donated a batch of emergency assistant materials worth 250,000 US dollars to the Ugandan government, to help internally displaced persons in the northern part of the country.
Chinese ambassador to Uganda Li Qiangmin and Ugandan First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Disaster Preparedness Moses Ali signed the handing over certificate on behalf of their respective governments.
The donations include 840 pieces of tarpaulins, 7,000 pieces ofblankets, exercise books and ballpoint pens.
Speaking at the handing over ceremony held at the Prime Minister Building here, Li said China and Uganda have been sharingweal and woe and supporting each other over the years.
He stressed that those attacks on civilians in northern Uganda and the act of terrorism by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels should be condemned and finally wiped out.
Ali sincerely thanked the emergency assistance provided by the Chinese government, say, "A friend in need is a friend indeed."
He said the assistance is timely and useful.
Over 800,000 people in northern Uganda have been displaced by LRA rebels in the last 17 years.