Press releases and statements

Système des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire: FAO - HCR - OCHA - OIM - OMS - PAM - PNUD - UNFPA - UNICEF 1) Contributions Du 27 février au 14 mars 2006 les Agences du Système des Nations Unies se sont...

Abidjan, le 10 mars 2006 - La Côte d'Ivoire est le premier état membre des Nations Unies à bénéficier du nouveau « Fonds central d'intervention d'urgence », officiellement lancé le jeudi mars 2006,...

UNITED NATIONS ADDRESS HEAD OF STATE ON PROGRESS IN FEMALE EMPOWERMENT Bangui, Central African Republic (C.A.R.), 9th March 2005 - The President of C.A.R. General François Bozizé, along with the...

(New York: 9 March 2006): The United Nations today formally launched the new Central Emergency Response Fund. The Fund was approved by the General Assembly in December of 2005 and marks another...

(New York, 9 March 2006): Emergency aid in Bolivia is expected to continue over the next weeks, since floods are still affecting new areas. Moreover, reports indicate recent floods and ice storms in...

New York, 9 mars 2006 : Les Nations-Unies lancent officiellement ce jeudi un nouveau Fonds Central d'Intervention d'Urgence (CERF). La création de ce fonds a été approuvée par l'Assemblée Générale en...

(New York: 8 March 2006): With the Governments of Nigeria, Kuwait, South Africa and Qatar making pledges to the new Central Emergency Response Fund, the number of governments supporting the Fund has...

(Islamabad, 8 March 2006): Five months after the earthquake, the emergency phase is nearing its end as the aid community moves towards recovery and reconstruction. Plans are underway with the Special...

(New York, 8 March 2006): Namibia is beginning to recover in the aftermath of flooding in late February. On 25 February 2006, the western side of the town of Mariental in Namibia was flooded after...

WHAT: The United Nations will launch the Central Emergency Response Fund at 10 a.m. on 9 March 2006. The launch will be chaired by Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian...