Press Releases

New York

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Exceptional Allocation Of US$30 Million From The UN’s Emergency Response Fund (CERF) Will Sustain UNRWA’s Life-Saving Work

Recognizing the urgent humanitarian needs and deep funding shortage, especially in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock is releasing US$30 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to urgently support…

Addis Ababa

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UN’s Global Emergency Response Fund Provides Us$10 Million to Help Most Vulnerable in Ethiopia

Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock today released US$10 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to urgently help the most vulnerable people displaced in Ethiopia due to the conflict along the borders…

New York

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UN Central Emergency Response Fund releases its largest-ever allocation of $50 million to meet rapidly growing humanitarian needs in Yemen

Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock today released an allocation of US$50 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to enable scale up of urgent life-saving assistance in Yemen. This allocation will help…

New york

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Choir of survivors from conflict areas supports CERF

This December, 32 young women stood in the heart of New York’s holiday festivities and performed a new take on the holiday classic, “Silent Night.” As people gathered for the performance in front of the Lotte New York Palace Hotel, they realized that the words to the familiar…

New York

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The UN’s Global Emergency Response Fund Hits Record High Income for 2017 as Donors Pledge Additional Funds for 2018

Today the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) hosted its annual high-level pledging conference for 2018. 36 donors pledged US$ 383 million to the fund to ensure urgent humanitarian aid reaches people in need whenever and wherever crises hit. CERF also hit a…