(Erbil, 18 December 2014): Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has approved the allocation of nearly US$15 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support newly displaced...
Press releases and statements
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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Iraq
News and Press ReleaseCentral Emergency Response Fund releases US$14.9 million to support newly displaced in Iraq [EN/AR/KU]
South Sudan
News and Press ReleaseCommon Humanitarian Fund allocates $60 million to kick start aid operations in 2015
The money will support aid agencies to take maximum advantage of the onset of South Sudan’s dry season, when aid agencies plan to use roads to deliver aid to as many people as possible.
World
News and Press ReleaseUS$418.6 Million Pledged for Central Emergency Response Fund in 2015
Several donors announced significant increases in their contributions, including Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Turkey and the UAE. In 2014, CERF supported emergency aid operations with $450 million across 44 countries.
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos Statement on Syria
(New York, 17 December 2014) I welcome the news that the Security Council has unanimously adopted resolution 2191, which renews resolution 2165, reaffirming their commitment to helping millions of...
Sudan + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseThe Government of Ireland contributes over three million US dollars to the Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund in 2014 [EN/AR]
Khartoum, 16 December 2014. To help address growing humanitarian needs in Sudan, the Government of Ireland has contributed an additional US $ 1,891,551 to the Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF),...
South Sudan
News and Press ReleasePress Conference with United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer
Press Conference South Sudan | 16 December 2014 The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in South Sudan cordially invites members of the media in South Sudan to...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseRDC: l’assistance des personnes retournées passe en mode numérique
Du 9 au 11 décembre, le Programme Alimentaire Mondial (PAM) et son partenaire World Vision (WVI) ont utilisé pour la première fois en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) une nouvelle technologie...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseStatement from the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia [EN/SO]
A combination of conflict, drought, floods, increasing food prices, access constraints and low funding is once again threatening the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable Somalis, said UNHC Philippe Lazzarini.
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseLe Coordonnateur humanitaire Moustapha Soumaré condamne la récurrence des tueries des civils et les graves violations de droits humains dans la zone de Beni [EN/FR]
(Goma / Kinshasa, le 09 décembre 2014) - « C’est avec consternation que la communauté humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) vit depuis le mois d’octobre 2014 la récurrence des...
World + 12 more
News and Press ReleaseUN and partners launch $16.4 billion humanitarian appeal to bring aid to 57 million people in 2015 [EN/FR]
The crises in Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan and Syria will remain top humanitarian priorities next year and account for over 70 percent of the funding requirements launched today.