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16 December 2011 - 8:48pmMore than 40 donors today pledged US$375 million to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) contributing to a $16 million increase in pledges for next year. Since its launch in 2006, CERF, which has an annual funding target of $450 million, has enabled aid to reach millions of people... -
15 December 2011 - 2:18pmUN and aid agencies appealed today for US$764 million to help nearly four million people cope with drought, rising food prices and poverty in Kenya. The crisis has left millions of people with limited access to food and water, and some areas now have the highest malnutrition rate recorded in a decade. And... -
15 December 2011 - 12:11pmTwenty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution, 46/182, to establish a global humanitarian system. The resolution called for governments and aid agencies around the world to work together to deal with the rising number of crises. Two decades on, that system is more...
