11.   The organization provides aid to people in desperate circumstances.

12.   Emergency aid is being provided by non-governmental relief organizations.

13.   The church provides aid to deserving families.

14.   However, the indications were that the USA and Europe would provide substantial aid to cover the costs.

15.   The UN would also provide aid to Thailand in the rehabilitation of camp areas after the departure of the refugees.

16.   The UK government was said also to have agreed to provide aid for the repatriation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan.

17.   The principal objectives of EC policy were to provide aid to areas of industrial decline or slow development with a simple criterion for aid eligibility.

18.   The developed world would have to provide direct aid, technical assistance, debt for nature swaps and other schemes, it added.

19.   Northern countries should provide aid to help Southern nations improve their food standards.

20.   Aid will be provided under the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme.