Follow #ThinkLandscape on Twitter and check out our updates Uzbekistan: Korea to Contribute 1 Million U.S. Dollars to UN Multi-Partner Human Security Trust Fund for the Aral Sea for 2 years 18 December, 2020 - 11:50 Countries: Republic of Korea, Uzbekistan Source: Government of the Republic of Korea 1. The Korean government has decided to contribute 1 million U.S. dollars to the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund to help promote human security of residents in the Aral Sea region, who are suffering from negative environmental consequences such as desertification and shortage of drinking water caused by climate change. Mr. Chung Keeyong, Director-General for Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Scientific Affairs, signed the Standard Administrative Arrangement with Ms. Jennifer Topping, Executive Coordinator at the Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in a virtual signing ceremony on December 17.