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UN 8 Feb. /Offset. TASS Oleg Zelenin/. Russia since the beginning of 2010 listed on the Children’s Fund of UN (UNICEF) in excess of $33 million, a third of which went to humanitarian assistance to Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, Libya, Syria and other countries. This was announced on Tuesday at the permanent mission of the Russian Federation at the world organization.
“The total contribution of Russia in UNICEF from 2010 to 2016 amounted to $33.1 million,” – said the permanent representative was on his page on the social network Twitter. The Embassy said that $7 million was listed as the annual voluntary contributions of the Russian Federation, $10.5 million was allocated in response to calls by UNICEF to provide humanitarian operations, and another $15.6 million received in the form of financial and technical assistance to international development assistance.