Germany increased its support to the United Nations Democracy Fund in December 2016, contributing two million euro in addition to 1.5 million euro in April 2016. Germany's Ambassador to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, Harold Braun, handed over the contribution to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF Executive Head Annika Savill on 23 December, the day before Christmas Eve. This brings to 3.5 million euro the amount Germany has disbursed to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF in 2016 alone, and some 20 million euro since the Fund was created 10 years ago.