OCHA ROMENACA QUARTERLY REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN FUNDING UPDATE - 4th Quarter October - December 2010

Main Findings

Countries in the MENACA region gave US$400 million in humanitarian aid in 2010, as reported to OCHA's Financial Tracking Service.

At the end of 2010 , humanitarian appeals in the MENACA region were 59 per cent funded.

Total CERF funding to the MENACA region reached $93 million in 2010. In turn, countries in the region donated less than $1 million to the CERF pooled fund mechanism.

The global Humanitarian Appeal for 2011 requesting US$7.4 billion was launched at the end of November 2010. Appeals in the region (Afghanistan, occupied Palestinian territory and Yemen) amounts to a combined $1.48 billion. The 2010 emergency appeals for Pakistan floods and Kyrgyzstan continue in 2011 and still require funding.