INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CRUCIAL OPPORTUNITY TO GALVANIZE SUPPORT FOR IRAQ’S

GROWING HUMANITARIAN NEEDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF EARTHQUAKE,

TSUNAMI WHICH HIT SOLOMON ISLANDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

AT ONE YEAR, $376 MILLION PROVIDED BY EMERGENCY FUND

 

NEW YORK, 9 March (OCHA) -- In the year since its official launch on 9 March 2006, $376.1 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has been used to provide life-saving humanitarian aid in 40 countries through 361 individual projects. 

UNITED NATIONS GIVES $85 MILLION TO UNDERFUNDED CRISES IN 15 COUNTRIES

UNITED NATIONS RESOLVED TO CONTINUE WORKING IN DARFUR DESPITE RISKS

 

UN AGENCIES IN SRI LANKA SEEK $66 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN AID IN 2007

UNITED NATIONS APPEALS FOR $16.6 MILLION FOR TIMOR-LESTE

 

UNITED NATIONS CONCERNED BY CIVILIAN DEATHS IN SRI LANKA

 

Secretary-General accepts resignation of relief coordinator jan egeland

‘with deep regret and with profound gratitude’ for tireless efforts

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today at Headquarters:

Secretary-General says emergency fund innovative, flexible, saves lives;

appeals for generous response from donors at high-level conference

Following are the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) High-level Conference in New York, 7 December: