Press releases and statements

(Sana'a/New York, 12 September, 2009): The Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Rashid Khalikov, yesterday arrived on a four day fact-finding...

(New York, 11 September 2009): In response to devastating flooding in Burkina Faso, the United Nations and its partners have issued a Flash Appeal for $18,449,092 for relief efforts to assist 150,000...

Officials visit CERF-funded project to address acute malnutrition in Kenya Mr. Ali Mohamed, CERF Advisory Group member and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Special Programmes, joined Mr...

(Dakar, 8 septembre 2009) Près de 600 000 personnes sont affectées par les inondations suite aux fortes pluies qui s'abattent depuis le mois de juin en Afrique de l'Ouest. Ces pluies diluviennes ont...

(Dakar, New York, 8 September 2009) Some 600,000 people have been affected by flooding as a result of heavy rains that have hit West Africa since June. These torrential have led to the death of 159...

(New York, 3 September 2009): "We are coming down to the wire, with less than 100 days left before the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Copenhagen on 7 December," said John Holmes,...

(Geneva/New York/Cairo, 2 September 2009): The humanitarian community in consultation with the Yemeni Government launched today a Flash Appeal seeking $23.5 million to provide humanitarian relief to...

CERF has allocated $2.6 million to improve the nutritional status and reinforce livelihoods of vulnerable populations due to flooding in Niger. Some $760,000 will support the United Nations...

Kinshasa, le 31 Août 2009 : Il y a un an, le 1er septembre 2008, dans les environs de Bukavu au Sud Kivu, des collaborateurs des Nations Unies et des ONG internationales, ainsi que 4 membres du...

CERF has allocated $400,000 to the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide common emergency telecommunication services to the humanitarian community in Colombia. The Emergency Telecommunications...