Eight projects will benefit from the allocation and will help provide multisector refugee assistance, food security, health and nutrition, protection, WASH and education.
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The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.
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News and Press ReleaseThe Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocates US $ 6.8 million to address urgent needs among newly arrived refugees and their host communities in the south of Chad
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock: Statement to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria (27 March 2018)
27 March 2018 As delivered Mr. President, members of the Security Council, As you all know, the Syrian conflict has now entered its eighth year. When weapons speak, civilians pay the price. A...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory - High-level pledging event for the humanitarian crisis in Yemen
WHAT: High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen hosted by the United Nations and the Governments of Switzerland and Sweden. WHO: Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the...
World
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock: A Casement Lecture: Towards a Better System for Humanitarian Financing
Iveagh House, Dublin, Ireland, 23 March 2018 I am delighted to be in Dublin today. Ireland has always been a champion of principled humanitarian action, and has been a great support to my office,...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock: Statement to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, New York, 19 March 2018
With around 13 million people in need of assistance, the humanitarian crisis in the country will only worsen if violence is not brought under control and there is no political transition, the UN relief chief warns.
Syria
News and Press ReleaseStatement attributed to Ali Al-Za’tari, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria, on the catastrophic situation for people from East Ghouta and Afrin, 19 March 2018 [EN/AR]
Damascus, 19 March 2018 The UN in Syria is urgently appealing for help to stem the catastrophic situation for tens of thousands of people from East Ghouta and Afrin. Having seen firsthand the...
Congo
News and Press ReleasePool : 70 millions de dollars pour l’urgence et le relèvement de 114.000 personnes en quête d’assistance
Brazzaville, 16 Mars 2018 – 70,7 millions de dollars sont nécessaires pour poursuivre l’assistance humanitaire et amorcer le relèvement de 114.000 personnes dans le Département du Pool, ont annoncé...
Congo
News and Press ReleasePool : 70 million dollars for humanitarian response and early recovery for 114,000 people in need of assistance
Brazzaville, 16 March 2018 – 70.7 million dollars are needed to provide humanitarian assistance and to stimulate recovery for 114,000 people in the Pool Department, according to the announcement of...
Nigeria
News and Press ReleaseUN allocates $9 million to support life-saving aid in north-east Nigeria
(Abuja, 15 March 2018): The United Nations, through the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, has allocated US$9 million to provide life-saving aid to some 60,000 children, women and men recently displaced by...
oPt
News and Press Release$539 million funding appeal to address humanitarian needs in Palestine during 2018
Today, the Minister of Social Development of the State of Palestine, H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shaer, and the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, launched the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP)...