The Emergency Response Fund (ERF) for Yemen was established as a pooled fund in the second half of 2010. The ERF priority in Yemen is to enable a rapid and flexible first response to emergencies...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseERF update - 31 July 2011
DR Congo
News and Press Release4 millions de dollars pour lutter contre le choléra à l’ouest de la R.D. Congo
Kinshasa, 29 juillet 2011: Le Fonds central pour les interventions d’urgence (CERF) a octroyé plus de 4 millions de dollars US au Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance (UNICEF) et à l’Organisation Mondiale de Santé (OMS) pour lutter contre l’épidémie de choléra, déclarée depuis le...
Somalia + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseUN calls for a further $US 1.4 bn to assist more than 12 million people across Horn of Africa [EN/AR]
(New York/Geneva, 29 July, 2011) The United Nations today appealed for a further $1.4 billion dollars to provide life-saving assistance to more than 12 million people across the Horn of Africa. In a...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseRecovering with resilience: Pakistan floods one year on
(Islamabad: 28 July 2010): One year ago Pakistan was hit by unprecedented monsoon rains and floods. Across the country the scope and scale of the crisis was exceptional, affecting the lives of over 18 million people, washing away communities and livelihoods, and forcing millions to flee from their...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs - On the Anniversary of the Pakistan Floods 2010
PAKISTAN FLOODS 2010 – ONE YEAR ON (New York, 28 July 2011) A year has passed since Pakistan faced the largest natural disaster in its history. Nearly 20 million people were affected as floodwaters...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseUN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process warns Security Council of "Dramatic" Deadlock in Peace Process, Calls for "Credible Political Path Forward" and Bold Actions on the Ground
In a briefing to the Security Council today in which he described the “profound and persistent deadlock” between Israelis and Palestinians, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry described as “dramatic” the failure of the parties to meet their...
Somalia + 4 more
News and Press ReleaseHorn of Africa Drought Crisis Factsheet 26 July 2011
OCHA declared a corporate emergency on 20 July 2011. This factsheet summarises the main OCHA activities related to the crisis in the Horn of Africa and will be issued on a weekly basis until further...
Kenya
News and Press ReleaseUN Country Team Releases 1.53 Billion Shillings to Fight Hunger in Kenya (282 million shillings to assist refugees)
Nairobi, 26 July 2011. The United Nations Central Emergency Rapid Response Fund has released US$13.5 million equivalent to 1.25 billion Kenya shillings in response to the hunger situation in Kenya...
Libya
News and Press ReleaseUN mission finds people in need of fuel, cash, in Tripoli, Libya
(New York, 25 July 2011) A United Nations team, including IOM, OCHA, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP and WHO staff, completed a one-week mission to Tripoli on 24 July. On the fourth mission to Tripoli since the beginning of the crisis, the team aimed to further assess the needs of IDPs and other...
Niger + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseReturnees in Niger supported with $3.7 million from the CERF
07 June 2011: More than $3.7 million was allocated from the CERF in June to allow United Nations agencies to respond to the humanitarian needs of people in Niger who had fled the crisis in Libya...