10 October 2011: The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$17.6 million to provide water, food, shelter and healthcare to thousands of families devastated by floods in Pakistan. The...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates $17.6 million in Pakistan
Libya
News and Press ReleaseStatement on Libya: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos
(New York: 10 October, 2011): I am extremely concerned by the impact on civilians of intense fighting in and around Sirte. Thousands of people have had to flee. There is no electricity, and drinking...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations Humanitarian Fund gives US$17.6 million (Pkr 1.54 billion) to help people in flooded areas of Pakistan
(Islamabad/ New York, 7 October 2011): The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$17.6 million (PKR 1.54 billion) to provide water, food, shelter and healthcare to thousands of families devastated by floods in Pakistan. “We are grateful for the immediate funding provided by the...
Chad
News and Press ReleaseCERF provides $4 million to support unprecedented cholera outbreak in Chad
7 October 2011: The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has provided $4 million in life-saving funds towards reducing deaths and illness associated with cholera in Chad. Since January 2011, 13,804...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseCinq humanitaires tués au Sud-Kivu, les acteurs humanitaires exigent plus de protection
(Kinshasa/Bukavu, 6 octobre 2011): La communauté humanitaire de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) est « très choquée » par l’attaque armée qui s’est soldée, le 4 octobre dernier, par la mort de cinq employés d’une organisation non gouvernementale humanitaire (ONG) locale...
Colombia
News and Press ReleaseBoletín Equipo Humanitario No 4, Septiembre-Octubre 2011
Editorial 66º Asamblea General de la ONU Presidente Santos defiende en su discurso Ley de Víctimas Durante su intervención en la 66º Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas, el Presidente de Colombia,...
Bhutan
News and Press ReleaseCERF provides $1.6 million for shelter and temporary schooling for earthquake-affected populations in Bhutan
5 October 2011: The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has provided US$1,605,535 in life-saving funds for earthquake-affected populations in Bhutan. More than 8,000 households have been affected...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos - Statement to the Press on mission to Haiti, New York, 04 October 2011
Watch the webcast of the Daily Press Briefing. I’ve just come back from a two-day visit to Haiti and want to give you an update on the humanitarian situation there. In Port-au-Prince I met people who...
Haiti + 4 more
News and Press ReleasePress conference on Haiti by Emergency Relief Coordinator
Watch the Webcast Read the ERC's Statement to the Press As the focus in Haiti turned to long-term recovery and development, significant humanitarian needs still had to be addressed, with 600,000...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseConférence de presse de la Secrétaire générale adjointe aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnatrice des secours d’urgence, Mme Valerie Amos
Mme Valerie Amos, Secrétaire générale adjointe aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnatrice des secours d’urgence du système de l’ONU (OCHA), a lancé aujourd’hui un appel pressant à la mobilisation de...