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India has pledged an additional 100 million US Dollar towards the UN partnership fund, significantly scaling up it support to sustainable development projects across the developing world.
This was announced by the Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Anjani Kumar on Monday at the 2017 UN Pledging Conference for Development Activities.
He said this contribution would be in addition to India’s contribution of 10.582 million US dollar to various other UN programmes.
Kumar said, of the 5 million US dollar, India contributed to the fund this year, 2 million US dollar would be utilised for reconstruction in Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda, which took a big hit from hurricanes.
The Counsellor said India believes that the UN should have the necessary resources to finance its activities, in an appropriate and balanced manner.
The India-UN Development Partnership Fund was set up earlier this year as a partnership between India and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).
The first project from the fund is being executed in partnership with seven Pacific Island countries.