Press Releases

Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock, announced today an allocation of $15 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster relief assistance for people affected by the 7.4 magnitude earthquake and…

The Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) has finalised allocations totaling $80 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for humanitarian response to some of the UN’s least well-funded 2018 response plans across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The decision…

Today, during the UN General Assembly High-Level side event on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), UN Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, delivered an improvised and heartfelt speech calling for increased support for CERF as a critical way to improve early…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced last week the appointment of five new members of the Advisory Group of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).

The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) released today US$15 million to urgently scale up humanitarian assistance to people affected by escalating inter-communal violence in Ethiopia.