UNITED NATIONS APPEALS FOR $16.6 MILLION FOR TIMOR-LESTE

 

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

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:

United Nations REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL EMERGENCY FUND IN 2007

NEW YORK, 7 December (OCHA) -- The United Nations this morning convened a high-level conference on support for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2007, as part of the ongoing process of humanitarian reform.

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:

Launch of 2007 Humanitarian Appeal

Secretary-General asks for $3.9 billion in life-sustaining

 

assistance at launch of humanitarian appeal 2007

 

Amid Unprecedented Wealth, Essentials for Needy Remain Unavailable, He Notes

‘WITH YOUR HELP, MY FELLOW AFRICANS ARE TRANSFORMING DESPAIR INTO HOPE, AND HATRED

INTO HEALING,’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LAUNCH OF HUMANITARIAN APPEAL

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the launch of Humanitarian Appeal 2007 in New York:

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS GLOBAL CONSORTIUM ON BEHALF OF TSUNAMI VICTIMS;

PAYS TRIBUTE TO SPECIAL ENVOY BILL CLINTON, ‘DRIVING FORCE’ BEHIND GROUP

UNITED NATIONS CONDEMNS INDISCRIMINATE USE OF FORCE IN SRI LANKA

NEW YORK, 9 November 2006 (OCHA) -- “Yesterday’s massive attack on civilians shows that force continues to be used indiscriminately in the conflict in Sri Lanka,” said Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.