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<p>In December 2013 the UN declared a Level 3 crisis in CAR which is in effect until
December 2014. The UK welcomed the UN declaration which more accurately reflected
the severity of the situation on the ground and brought much needed attention and
resources from across the UN system to respond to the crisis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>The UK has been closely monitoring the situation and has committed a total
of £18 million in humanitarian funding to CAR in 2014 to help hundreds of thousands
of people, along with £7 million in Cameroon and Chad to assist CAR refugees. The
funds are going towards the protection of civilians, urgent medical assistance, and
to food security and livelihoods assistance through UN agencies, the Red Cross and
NGOs. In 2014, the UK is the third largest bilateral humanitarian donor to CAR after
the USA (£87 million) and the EU (£39 million). The UK’s combined bilateral and multilateral
contributions (through the EU and the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund) to the
CAR crisis total £27 million in 2014.</p><p> </p>
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