The Board of Directors of the World Bank approved the allocation of $ 280 million from the frozen Afghan reconstruction fund to humanitarian programs implemented by the World Food Program (WFP) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports Reuters.
According to the agency, earlier members of the Board of Directors informally discussed defrosting to $ 500 million at the volume of the $ 1.5 billion fund
In order for the Fund tools to be translated WFP and UNICEF, the decision must be approved by each of the 31 donors of the Fund, including the United States. The White House and the US Department of Finance did not respond to Reuters. The representative of the World Bank said that the discussion of the issue was really conducted, and the collection of donors of the Fund was scheduled for December 3.