BRUSSELS, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission has approved new funding of 27 million euros (35 million U.S. dollars) to strengthen global humanitarian preparedness and the response capacity of international organizations, the commission said on Thursday.

    The funding will be channeled to key international relief agencies, including the World Health Organization, the Red Cross, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the U.N. Children's Fund and the World Food Program.

    The money will be used to help improve international coordination, integrated logistics, humanitarian decision-making and food security response, the commission said.