(New York, 11 December 2012): More than 40 donors today pledged US$384 million to the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) at a high-level conference. Since its launch in 2006, CERF, which has an annual funding target of US$450 million, has enabled life-saving and immediate help for...
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World
News and Press ReleaseUS$384 million pledged for the Central Emergency Response Fund in 2013
Philippines
News and Press Release$65 Million needed to Help Survivors of Typhoon Bopha
The Action Plan for Recovery outlines how the humanitarian community will deliver assistance to meet the priority needs of survivors, which according to assessments are emergency shelter, water and sanitation, food and livelihoods.
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News and Press ReleaseCommunication is Aid: Technology, Media & Humanitarian Collaboration
In October, the iHub here in Kenya published a piece of research which found that the poorest of the poor in eastern Africa valued their mobile phones so much that they would go without food and...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseLa communaute humanitaire poursuit l’aide aux personnes affectees par les récents evenements au Nord-Kivu
(Goma, 9 décembre 2012) : Le Coordonnateur humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo, M. Moustapha Soumaré, a achevé ce 8 décembre une visite à Goma visant à s’enquérir de la situation...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian community continues to roll out aid to people affected by recent events in North Kivu
(Goma, 9 December 2012): The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr Moustapha Soumaré, visited Goma on 8 December to gain first-hand information on the humanitarian...
Myanmar
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs - Statement on the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS VALERIE AMOS 7 December 2012 Mission to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (3 – 7 December 2012) Thank you everyone for joining me today. This is my...
Myanmar
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief asks donor community in Myanmar for immediate support
(Yangon/New York, 7 December 2012): On the fourth and final day of her mission to Myanmar, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, briefed...
World
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations, the Humanitarian Forum conclude workshop in Cairo: a milestone in terms of furthering humanitarian cooperation
A two-day policy workshop organized by the UN Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa and The Humanitarian Forum was attended by12 countries
Myanmar
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief says insecurity should not prevent humanitarian access in Kachin, Myanmar
(Yangon/New York, 6 December 2012) The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, has called on the Government of Myanmar to work with the UN and...
Myanmar
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief calls for a concerted effort towards reconciliation in Rakhine, Myanmar
The unrest, which started in June and then flared up again in October, has left some 115,000 people living in camps or with host families across Rakhine State.