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India contributes $1 million to UN women’s body

External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj handed over the cheque as India’s contribution to the core voluntary budget of UN Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) to under-secretary general and executive director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka here yesterday for the 2014-2015 financial year.

The contribution constituted the fifth installment of India’s multi-year pledge to provide core predictable funding to UN Women’s resources and takes India’s existing total contribution to $5 million to the UN body.

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