South Korea Pledges $18 Million to Combat Ebola at G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Sidelines of UN General Assembly

Global Multilateral Diplomacy Coordinator Jang Wook-jin attends US-led meeting in New York, stresses need for international coordination through G20

UNJournal Lee Sung Jun | South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Jang Wook-jin, Coordinator for Global Multilateral Diplomacy, attended a G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Ebola Response hosted by the United States, the current G20 chair, in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. At the meeting, South Korea pledged approximately $18 million in support for the global response to the Ebola virus. The meeting, held on 23 September (Wednesday), was organized as a follow-up to the Leaders' Declaration Urging Response to the Ebola Outbreak, adopted