UN Promises US$10 Mln to Quake-hit Chile
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a news conference with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (not pictured) in Santiago, capital of Chile, March 5, 2010. Ban Ki-moon, who arrived in Santiago on Friday, pledged US$10 million aid from the Central Emergency Fund of the United Nations to the quake-hit Chile. [Xinhua]
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to reporters after a news conference with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet in Santiago, capital of Chile, March 5, 2010. Ban Ki-moon, who arrived in Santiago on Friday, pledged US$10 million aid from the Central Emergency Fund of the United Nations to the quake-hit Chile. [Xinhua]
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The United Nations' Secretary General Ban Ki Moon committed the UN to giving Chile 10 million dollars from an emergency fund at a joint press conference with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet on Friday.
"The UN will authorize 10 million dollars from a central emergency response fund," Ban told journalists. "We will also establish a working group to look at Chile's most urgent needs," he said.
During the same conference, Bachelet said that she welcomed US$2 million worth emergency material from China on an early Friday.
