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India pledges to contribute $13.5 mn for UN development activities for 2020.
Nov. 17, 2019

India has pledged to contribute USD 13.5 million for various operational activities of development across the UN agencies for the year 2020.

The contribution was announced at the UN General Assembly Pledging Conference for Development Activities.

The World Food Programme will get USD 1.92 million, USD 900,000 to the UN Children’s Fund, USD 500,000 to the UN Population Fund, USD 200,000 dollars to the UN Voluntary Fund for Technical Co-operation and USD 150,000 dollars to the UN Commission on Human Settlements Programme.

India will also be contributing USD 100,000 each to the UN Voluntary contribution for Financial and Technical Assistance for the implementation of Universal Periodic Review.

About 16 countries pledged a total of USD 516 million at the 2019 United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities.

Source : thehindu