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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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Une mission de partenariat humanitaire se rend dans la région du Sahel

QUI: Etats membres de l'OCI: Azerbaïdjan, Brunéi Darussalam, Koweït, Qatar, Émirats Arabes Unis. Organisations régionales / Inter-Gouvernementales et institutions financières: Union africaine (UA),...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Humanitarian partnership mission to Africa’s Sahel region [EN/AR]

WHO: OIC Member States: Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Regional/ Inter-Governmental/ Non-Governmental Organizations and Banks: African Union (AU),...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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CERF Quarterly Update 3rd Quarter 2012

Responding to the Crisis in Syria Instability and conflict in Syria continue to affect hundreds of thousands of people. An estimated one million Syrians have been internally displaced, while the...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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DR Congo

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CERF gives $750,000 in response to Ebola in DRC

26 September 2012: An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has killed 32 people in Orientale Province in north-eastern Congo, according to the World Health...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Sri Lanka

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The United Nations welcomes the closure of Menik Farm in Sri Lanka but is concerned for the last remaining displaced people

(Colombo, 25 September 2012): Menik Farm in Sri Lanka, once the world’s largest camp for people displaced from the conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009 has closed, as the last remaining inhabitants leave the camp. “This is a milestone event towards ending a chapter of displacement in Sri Lanka some...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sri Lanka
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Syria

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CERF gives $6 million to UN agencies in Syria

20 September 2012: Conditions in Syria continue to deteriorate as the civil unrest spreads and deepens. Some 2.5 million people now need humanitarian assistance, according to United Nations...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Somalia

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Humanitarian Coordinator meets with Kenya’s Minister of State for Defence and Chief of Defence Forces to discuss humanitarian concerns

Nairobi (19 September 2012) – Following the recent escalation of fighting near Kismaayo and the spike in civilian displacement from the town, the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia,...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Somalia
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oPt

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Humanitarian organizations commit to addressing the humanitarian needs of palestinians in 2013 in cooperation with the Palestinian Authority [EN/AR]

Jerusalem – A national level event for the Consolidated Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) was held today in Ramallah, led by the Palestinian Authority's Minister of State for...

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  • UN Country Team in Palestine
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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