14 January 2010: Zimbabwe is still in a major economic crisis with 94 percent unemployment, industries working at less than 40 percent of capacity, rock bottom private sector confidence, little cash...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Zimbabwe
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates $5 million for protracted relief and recovery operation in Zimbabwe
DR Congo + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseSituation humanitaire en République démocratique du Congo : Note d'information à la presse du 13 janvier 2010
Province de l'Equateur La situation humanitaire reste préoccupante dans le district du Sud-Ubangi. A ce jour, environ 60 000 personnes déplacées internes ont pu être identifiées. D'autres se...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseHaiti Earthquake - UNEP/OCHA Disaster Management Teams on Standby
Staff Member Caught up in Tragedy Sends Eyewitness Account from Port au Prince Port au Prince, 13 January 2010 - A UNEP staff member on mission in Haiti has sent a tragic eyewitness account through...
Tajikistan
News and Press ReleaseSUPPORT IS REACHING EARTHQUAKE AFFECTED PEOPLE IN TAJIKISTAN
(Almaty/New York, 13 January 2010): With the support of the Norwegian government, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has been able to supply the last...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseThe Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and Haiti
On 13 January 2010, the morning after the catastrophic earthquake, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced an allocation of $10 million for emergency response. Since 2006, CERF has allocated nearly...
Afghanistan + 5 more
News and Press ReleaseUN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs concludes mission to Egypt
(Cairo/New York, 12 January 2010): Catherine Bragg, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, today concluded the first leg of her...
Mozambique
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates $ 2.6 million for food insecure populations in Mozambique
The lean season (hunger gap) in Mozambique begins in October and lasts until February. But due to delayed rains in many of the affected areas, this year the lean season is expected to extend into...
Iraq
News and Press ReleaseIraq: Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 24 - Nov & Dec 2009
The Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund (ERF) aims to help fill critical humanitarian gaps within different sectors through readily available flexible funding for emergency response to: 1. Save lives...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseCERF Allocates $33.2 million for complex emergency in Somalia
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated $33.2 million for one of the worst complex emergencies in the world today. Seasonal assessments confirm that Somalia faces its...
Ethiopia + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates over $750K to assist asylum seekers in Yemen
Yemen, a fragile state and the poorest country in the Middle East, faces a myriad of development challenges, dwindling water and oil reserves, and an enormous migratory burden. Yemen provides prima...