Some $77.5 million will go to countries affected by the Syria crisis. Critically underfunded humanitarian operations in DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Colombia, DPR Korea and Djibouti will also receive support.
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Syria + 11 more
News and Press ReleaseUN Emergency Fund gives $100 million for aid operations in Syria and other poorly funded crises
CAR
News and Press ReleaseRépublique centrafricaine: Le Coordonnateur humanitaire appelle à la libération immédiate d’un travailleur humanitaire enlevé
(Bangui, le 20 janvier 2015) : Au lendemain de l'enlèvement à Bangui d'un travailleur humanitaire français, le Coordonnateur humanitaire principal a.i en République centrafricaine, Mr Mohamed Malick...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseCentral African Republic: UN humanitarian coordinator calls for immediate release of abducted humanitarian worker
(Bangui, 20 January, 2015) The day after the abduction of a French humanitarian aid worker in Bangui, the United Nations interim Humanitarian Coordinator a.i., Mohamed Malick Fall, calls upon the...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseDiplomats visit the Gaza Strip to better understand how thousands of Palestinians who remain displaced are affected by the winter [EN/AR/HE]
Gaza, 20 January 2015 This morning, some twenty diplomats from nine countries visited the Gaza Strip to better understand the very difficult situation facing thousands of Palestinians this winter,...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseSyria Humanitarian Coordinator calls on the international community to urgently fund winter response [EN/AR]
As winter conditions worsen, the winterization plan, which was launched in October 2014 and targets 3.3 million people inside Syria, remains underfunded by $70 million.
Iraq
News and Press ReleaseUN responds to Dhuluiya displaced [EN/AR]
(Erbil, 14 January 2014): The United Nations and its partners are working to address the needs of hundreds of families displaced by fighting in the former besieged town of Dhuluiya, north of Baghdad. ...
DR Congo
News and Press Release30 Millions de dollars américains du Fonds Commun Humanitaire pour assister les victimes des conflits armés et de la malnutrition en RD Congo
(Kinshasa, 06 janvier 2015) M. Moustapha Soumaré, Coordonnateur de l’Action Humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), a approuvé l’octroi de 30 millions de dollars américains du Fonds...
Tajikistan
News and Press ReleaseREACT Bulletin - December 2014
FIRST MEETING OF THE REGIONAL MONITORING AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN TAJIKISTAN On 4 November 2014 the first working group meeting of the Khatlon Province Regional Monitoring and Early Warning System...
Iraq
News and Press ReleaseAdditional urgent support needed for IDPs as the winter has arrived [EN/KU]
Close to half of all displaced Iraqis are in the KR-I Erbil, 23 December – The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the United Nations (UN) have taken stock of progress made in the last months to...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseSomalia Common Humanitarian Fund - Update 22 December 2014: Statement from the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
The allocation of US$30 million from the CHF will target some of the most critical needs of over 3 million Somalis in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.