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The draft directive on making a targeted contribution to the budget of the UN World Food Programme for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the Ukrainian population was submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The decision authorises the allocation of up to $5 million from the 2014 federal budget in a one-time voluntary targeted contribution by the Russian Federation to the budget of the UN World Food Programme to go toward expenses involved in the provision of humanitarian assistance to the Ukrainian people via the UN WFP.
The document was considered and approved at a meeting of the government of the Russian Federation on 4 December 2014.