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UN emergency aid for Indonesia
United Nations, Feb 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) United Nations announced Friday the delivery of USD2 million to Indonesia for helping the affected people by the intense floods in Jakarta and other Indonesian cities.
UN Emergency Coordinator Margareta Wahlstrom said the money comes from the Central Fund for Response to Emergencies.
Some 512 people have been displaced because of the waters, which according to the National Coordination Board of Disaster Administration, have taken the lives of at least 50 people.
Sources said 24 of the 43 sub-districts in the province of Jakarta are still affected, and the situation in many areas of the Great Jakarta is under evaluation.
UN said many countries and organizations help Indonesia, with donations, medications, food, clothes and blankets.
The World Health Organization has offered emergency means and rubber boats and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Fund for Children and the UN Population Fund have offered money, sanitary products, drinkable water and others.
