Aid for Ethiopian relief reaches over $300 million, UNDRO reports. (United Nations Disaster Relief Organization)

From: UN Chronicle | Date: January 1, 1985 | Copyright information

Total contributions of Governments and international and non-governmental organizations to ease the disastrous situation in Ethiopia reached $312.7 million in cash and kind by late January, according to the office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator (UNDRO).

The report was received as United Nations agencies and other international organizations continued to provide emergency assistance to Ethiopia and other Africian nations in critical situations resultin...

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