State Dept Contributes $125 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

State Department Contributes $125 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Media Note, Office of the Spokesman
State Dept, Washington, DC, January 27, 2009

The United States is pleased to announce an initial contribution of $125 million toward the 2009 operations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

The contribution will support UNHCR efforts worldwide, including activities such as refugee returns to Afghanistan and Burundi; local integration and resettlement; and protection and life-saving assistance such as the provision of water, shelter, food, healthcare, and education to refugees, internally displaced persons, and other persons under UNHCR's care and protection in places like Colombia, Ecuador, Georgia, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Sudan, Chad, Kenya, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Rwanda.

The contribution will directly support UNHCR's Annual and Supplementary Program activities as indicated below.

Africa $65.07 million
Asia and Pacific $15.88 million
Europe $9.92 million
Global Operations $7.16 million
North Africa/Middle East $6.73 million
Headquarters $9.87 million
Western Hemisphere $5.5 million
Emergency Response activities $4.87 million
TOTAL $125.0 million

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