Embaixador do Japão acreditado em Moçambique, Keiji Hamanda, fala durante a cerimónia de anúncio de financiamento de novo pacote para deslocados internos em Cabo Delgado
Maputo, 29 Mar (AIM) – The Japanese government has disbursed 1.7 million dollars for the implementation of new projects to support people displaced by Islamist terrorists in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.
The amount, which was announced on Thursday by the Japanese ambassador, Keiji Hamanda, also includes the construction of infrastructure in the fishing value chain, as well as support for agricultural initiatives.
The projects will be implemented by UN agencies, namely: the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The funding will benefit 16,750 vulnerable people who have returned to their areas of origin in the Cabo Delgado districts of Quissanga, Mocímboa da Praia and Palma.
According to Hamanda, speaking at the ceremony, given the possibility that economic disparities have contributed to the jihadist attacks, it is also important to provide humanitarian and development assistance on an ongoing basis, “taking into account that since October 2017, when the terrorist attacks began, over 700,000 people became internally displaced but 600,000 have returned to their areas of origin.”
For his part, the UNHCR representative in Mozambique, Ahmed Baba Fall, said that Japanese support will improve the places where his organization assists displaced populations, providing documentation, legal assistance and basic aid items for those who are in an acute humanitarian need.
The head of the IOM in Mozambique, Laura Tomm-Bonde, explained that her institution is committed to advocating lasting solutions for internally displaced people.
The representative of the Mozambican Foreign Ministry, Faruque Faquira, praised the Japanese government’s contribution to assisting the internally displaced people.
“We would like to highlight Japan’s role in promoting international cooperation, which has been evident in the various multilateral initiatives and actions to promote peace and security, as well as in its humanitarian intervention at national, regional and global level”, he said.
(AIM)
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