07: Provide Aid

• 070: Provide aid, not specified below
• 071: Provide economic aid
• 072: Provide military aid
• 073: Provide humanitarian aid
• 074: Provide peacekeeping
• 075: Grant asylum

CAMEO Code 070: Provide aid, not specified below

DescriptionAll provisions, extensions of aid, not otherwise specified.

Usage NotesThis residual category is not coded except when distinctions among CAMEO 071 through 074 cannot be made. In order to be coded under this category, the leads must report the delivery of aid; promises to provide aid should be coded under CAMEO 033 instead. The reported receipt of aid constitutes a 'Provide aid' event with actors reversed.

ExampleDoctors from two American aid groups donated and personally delivered $50,000 worth of goods to Baghdad University Medical School, risking as much as 12 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.

CAMEO 071: Provide economic aid

DescriptionExtend, provide monetary aid and financial guarantees, grants, gifts and credit.

Usage NotesThe lead must report the delivery of such aid; promises to provide aid should be coded under CAMEO 033 instead. The reported receipt of economic aid constitutes a 'Provide economic aid' event with actors reversed.

ExampleThe European Community on Monday gave the Ivory Coast 5.1 million dollars of aid for agricultural development projects.

CAMEO 072: Provide military aid

DescriptionExtend, provide military and police assistance including arms and personnel.

Usage NotesThe lead must report the delivery of such aid; promises to provide aid should be coded under CAMEO 033 instead. The reported receipt of such aid constitutes a 'Provide military aid' event with actors reverse.

ExampleThe United States continued to send arms to Pakistan last year, a State Department Spokesman said Wednesday.

ExampleThe United States is providing aerial photographs and other military intelligence to Macedonia which is preparing a major offensive against ethnic Albanian guerrillas, The Washington Post said Wednesday.

CAMEO 073: Provide humanitarian aid

DescriptionExtend, provide humanitarian aid, mainly in form of emergency assistance.

Usage NotesThis code refers to events such as provision of shelter, food, medicine, and evacuation of victims. The lead must report the delivery of such aid; promises to provide aid should be coded under CAMEO 033. Note that provision of peacekeeping is coded as CAMEO 074 instead.

ExampleBenin opened its borders today to most West Africans ordered out of Nigeria as illegal aliens, but was still refusing admittance to Ghanaians, by far the biggest group involved, Benin police said.

ExampleU.N. helicopters evacuated the wounded from the besieged Bosnian town of Gorazde on Friday.

CAMEO 074: Provide peacekeeping

DescriptionProvide peacekeeping forces, extend or expand their mandate.

Usage NotesCode here reported deployment of peacekeeping forces; verbal promises and commitments to provide peacekeepers should be coded as CAMEO 034. Note that this event form is accompanied by the linked event 'Receive deployment of peacekeepers' (CAMEO 084).

ExampleThe first deployment of NATO peacekeeping troops have arrived in Bosnia, Defense Secretary William Perry said.

Example NotesBoth CAMEO 074 and 084 events, with actors reversed, are coded here.

CAMEO 075: Grant asylum

DescriptionProvide, grant asylum to persons.

Usage NotesAsylum is typically granted by states to persons in its territories (territorial asylum) and it constitutes a legal protection awarded to those persons against other states. Diplomatic asylum, protection typically accorded on the premises of an embassy, can also be granted and is similarly coded here. Note that 'Grant asylum' is a specific and formal event; informal provisions of shelter or opening of borders to masses of refugees should be coded as 'Provide humanitarian aid' (CAMEO 073) instead. The target of the 'Grant asylum' event form is the person seeking asylum, and not the country from where s/he comes. However, the country of origin will be coded as the target in most cases since news leads typically do not provide further details about the specific persons. The reported receipt of such asylum constitutes a 'Grant asylum' event with actors reversed.

ExamplePeru has granted diplomatic asylum to five Panamanian army officers holed up in a diplomatic residence since last month's U.S. invasion, the Peruvian embassy said on Tuesday.

ExampleUganda has granted political asylum to 18 Zairean rebels who entered the country illegally two years ago and are wanted at home on treason charges, a United Nations official said on Friday.