GENEVA/WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) – The United States will pledge $2 billion in life-saving assistance to tens of millions of people facing hunger and disease in dozens of countries next year, the State Department said in a statement on Monday.
The money will be overseen by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, according to the statement.
(Reporting by Olivia Le Poidevin in Geneva and Daphne Psaledakis in Washington)
