Korea offered $ 3 million for the stability of the liberated areas


2016/9/27 18:15


[Where-Baghdad]

The Government of the Republic of Korea has provided a contribution of US $ 3 million to "finance the immediate stabilization fund" of the United Nations Development Programme, which provides a fast in support of the liberated areas of terrorist Daesh in Iraq and the Levant gangs.

The Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme and the Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Lise Grande said in a statement received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it on Tuesday "is accelerating the pace of restoring stability steadily, and hundreds of thousands of displaced Iraqis are ready to return to their homes and begin rebuilding their lives and this grant dignified and appropriate timing is the third from the Republic of Korea to rebuild the UNDP stabilization fund, and will help us in restoring stability to the liberated areas in Anbar and Nineveh. "

For his part, Korean Ambassador to Iraq, Sung Wong-yup "committed to the Republic of Korea, said strongly support the Iraqi government and the international community's efforts to restore stability to the affected areas of Daesh in Iraq and the Levant, I firmly believe that the third contribution, with giving some elements based on the type approach social, will provide additional support to these efforts by giving Iraqis affected by the hope and empower them, including girls and women, to recover and begin to rebuild their communities. "

The fund helps, in accordance with the priorities determined by the Government of Iraq and local authorities, to expedite the restoration of public infrastructure rehabilitation, and provide grants to small businesses, and strengthening local government capacity, and encourage civic action and community reconciliation, in addition to providing short-term jobs through public works programs. "

And works "financing the immediate stabilization fund", which was established in June 2015, in the newly liberated areas in the governorates of Anbar, Salahuddin, Nineveh and Diyala In Fallujah, the Fund provides hundreds of short-term employment opportunities in the field of cleaning the city and rehabilitated, MDF as well as more than 25 projects a priority. " ..

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