China donates 6 mln USD for UN Ebola fight
2014/12/03
 
Zhang Xiangchen (R), assistant minister of commerce of China, shakes hands with Alain Noudehou, the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator and the UN Development Program Resident Representative in China, after a signing ceremony in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2014. China and the UN on Tuesday signed an agreement on Chinese donation of six million U.S. dollars to aid global fight against Ebola. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

 

BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- China and the United Nations(UN) on Tuesday signed an agreement on Chinese donation of six million U.S. dollars to aid global fight against Ebola.

The deal was signed by assistant minister of commerce Zhang Xiangchen and Alain Noudehou, the UN Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Program Resident Representative in China.

The donation will go to the UN Ebola Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund to support the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response.

The move is part of China's fourth round of Ebola-fighting aid announced earlier by President Xi Jinping.

Zhang Xiangchen (2nd R), assistant minister of commerce of China, and Alain Noudehou (2nd L), the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator and the UN Development Program Resident Representative in China, sign an agreement on Chinese donation of six million U.S. dollars to aid global fight against Ebola, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2014. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)