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White has dndido the performance of Spain to help combat famine in that region, the worst in 20 years. Promotion Minister and Government spokesman announces an extraordinary 5 million euros aid for UNHCR. The Horn of Africa: X-ray of the countries engaged in the humanitarian crisis. Building Minister and spokesman for the Government, Jose Blanco, has assured Friday that the Executive has responded to the famine it plaguing the Horn of Africa from the outset and has pointed out that Spain, since January, has disbursed 15 million euros to alleviate the situation. Thus White has expressed during the press conference after the Council of Ministers which is has rrido to severe famine affecting Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia and that is causing a humanitarian crisis of terrible dimensions. The spokesman for the Executive pointed out that the Secretary of State for international cooperation, Soraya Rodriguez, met last Monday with the High Commissioner for refugees United Nations (UNHCR), Antonio Guterres, and undertook an extraordinary five million euros aid to that agency. In addition, the Secretary of State for cooperation is on the ground visiting between Kenya and Ethiopia refugee camps to see first hand the existing needs, said the spokesman for the Executive. Rodriguez has convened for next Tuesday at the Agency for international cooperation for development (AECID) all NGOs with presence in those countries for a meeting of coordination and information, according to the announcement of press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and cooperation. Source of the news: white estimated at EUR 15 million Spanish aid to the Horn of Africa.