UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — The sums are meant for operations in the nine areas of emergencies that the UN has rated as extremely unfunded. The funds will be allocated through the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).
The humanitarian aid is meant for some 1.7 million refugees and internally displaced persons in Burundi ($13 million), Kenya ($4 million), Sudan ($7 million), Tanzania ($11 million), Uganda ($18 million) and Ethiopia ($11 million).
Some $28 million will be allocated to humanitarian agencies working in Libya and Mali. It is expected that the assistance will be obtained by some 350,000 thousand people in crisis- hit Libya. In Mali, the aid should target some 300,000 people.
Some $8 million will be allocated to support more than 2.2 million North Korean people in need, of which 1.8 million are children lacking food.
