The European Commission and the Member States are not only contributing more than 40 per cent of the total 1996 pledge of US$ 1,800 million US dollars, but have also been in the forefront in translating the pledges into concrete projects and thereby disbursement. European Commission's Essential Aid Programme The European Commission, immediately after the signature of the Dayton Peace Agreement in January 1996, released the first phase of its Essential Aid Programmme at ECU 62.5 million, which totals ECU 125 million for the two phases.
Principal Programme d'Aide de la Commission européenne La Commission européenne a ainsi, immédiatement après la signature de l'accord de paix de Dayton en janvier 1996, libéré une première tranche de 62,5 millions d'écus de son programme d'aide de première nécessité, un programme dont les deux phases totalisent 125 millions d'écus.