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India to contribute 5 Lakh USD to UN annual ERF

India will contribute 5 Lakh US dollars to the United Nations annual Emergency Response Fund, ERF, to support global humanitarian relief operations. India had contributed equal amount in 2014 as well.First Secretary in the Indian Mission to the UN, Abhishek Singh said in New York Thursday, India has been in the forefront of humanitarian action and the country has been responding to several global humanitarian relief operations in keeping with its resources and capabilities.Noting that the Emergency Response Fund provides funding to world's most neglected and underfunded crises, Singh said the fund extended support in humanitarian emergencies in around 50 countries in 2014. India earlier contributed 10 Million dollars to the Ebola Trust Fund. It also helped in evacuating many foreign nationals from war-torn Yemen this year.

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