A UN trust fund announced four months ago to help hundreds of people exposed to lead poisoning in Kovoso while housed in UN-run camps has not received any contribution from member-states, the UN spokesman said Thursday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the creation of the fund in May after a panel found that the UN mission in Kovoso had violated the rights of ethnic Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians by resettling them in camps contaminated by lead from a nearby industrial mine.