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UK aid and assistance to Fiji

Acting High Commissioner Steven Chandler discusses UK aid and assistance to Fiji.

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6 June 2013
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Steven Chandler, Acting British High Commission to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu

Steven Chandler, Acting British High Commission to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu

This week, Mr. Chandler appeared on Fiji Television鈥檚 programme and spoke about the various ways in which UK funding is channelled to Fiji.

He said, 鈥渨hile the UK does not have a bilateral aid programme with Fiji and other parts of the Pacific, UK government assistance arrives in many different ways. For example, through the (of which the UK Government contributes 15%); multilateral organisations such as the and ; including membership of and support for regional organisations such as the and the .

皇冠体育app UK government provided over FJ$280,000 in disaster relief following the 2012 flooding and Cyclone Evan. And in the past year we have funded or are currently funding projects in Fiji worth over FJ$1.1m.鈥�

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Published 6 June 2013