Press Releases

(Geneva/New York, 20 February 2024) Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths today released US$100 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support underfunded humanitarian emergencies in seven countries in Africa, the Americas and the Middle East.

And welcome to all to this 2024 high-level pledging event for the CERF [Central Emergency Response Fund].

(New York, 6 December 2023) As hunger, disease and displacement continue to drive humanitarian disasters around the world, top United Nations officials today underscored how the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) serves as a lifeline in urgent and underfunded crises, at the Fund’s annual pledging event.

Since its establishment by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005, CERF has become one of the most important humanitarian community tools when it comes to fast, effective responses to rapid onset crises and addressing the most urgent requirements in underfunded emergencies.

(New York, 9 November 2023) With nearly 1.2 million people in Somalia already affected by heavy rains and flooding and more expected, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has released US$25 million to help people in the country brace against the impact of these disasters.