Elizabeth Isakov. The international Committee of the red cross need about 157 million to continue projects in the most troubled regions of the world, said in an interview Last news the head of the ICRC Peter Maurer.

"At the moment, speaking globally, we will have the ability to implement a program to 150 million Swiss francs (about $ 157 million). This short-term projects. The more we get the more we will be able to implement and with less of a deficit to come in at the end of the year, " he said.

Maurer recalled that the ICRC has already increased its budget this year, for example, for operations in Central Africa in the region of Chad, in the middle East in the Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq, Yemen and Ukraine.

"My dream is to apply my stay on the sidelines of the General Assembly to draw attention to the need for greater generosity from donors in the financing of our operations," added the head of the ICRC.

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