Begivenhederne i forbindelse med Iraks invasion af Kuwait den 2. august foranledigede Fællesskabets medlemsstater til at beslutte at yde hjælp til de tre lande, der var hårdest ramt af Golfkrisens virkninger, nemlig Egypten, Jordan og Tyrkiet.
In addition, the events set in train by the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq on 2 August prompted the Member States of the Community into agreeing to give aid to the three countries most directly affected by the consequences of the Gulf crisis — Egypt, Jordan and Turkey.