Press releases and statements

(New York, 12 January 2009): As part of United Nations efforts to address the growing needs of an increasing number of Somali refugees in Kenya, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has...

$380 MILLION PLEDGED FOR 2009 AT HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE Member States, led by the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, met in New York on 4 December 2008 at the CERF high-level pledging conference to...

(New York/Nairobi, 7 January 2009): An estimated 9.1 million people in Central and Eastern Africa are currently internally displaced, while another 1.8 million people live as refugees across the...

(Nairobi, 5 January 2009) The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mark Bowden, today expressed grave concern at the civilian casualties and massive displacement resulting from fighting in...

(New York, 30 December 2008): The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has for the first time reached its $450 million annual funding target. The target was set by the United Nations General...

(New York/Geneva 23 December 2008): Disasters related to extreme weather events dominated the work of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) teams in 2008, while more...

(New York, 22 December 2008): Five incidents of harassment, confiscation of materials and vehicles, pillaging of relief supplies, and a deadly attack on an aid convoy in eastern Democratic Republic...

(New York, 19 December 2008): The serious cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe continues to spread. Several new areas of Harare and other towns and cities have recorded outbreaks this week, and the total...

CERF Advisory Group met in Geneva The Advisory Group met in Geneva on 19 and 20 November and included the eight members newly appointed by the Secretary-General. The Under-Secretary-General and...

(New York, 5 December 2008): United Nations Member States and two private sector donors pledged nearly $380 million to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) at the High Level Event held on 4...