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United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock today announced a US$10 million contribution from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide life-saving assistance to people affected by Ebola in the…

Le Sous-secrétaire général des Nations Unies chargé des affaires humanitaires et Coordinateur des secours d’urgence, Mark Lowcock a validé aujourd’hui l’octroi d’une contribution financière du Fonds central de réponse d’urgence (CERF) de 10 millions de dollars pour répondre…

(New York, 5 June 2019): Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock today allocated US$45 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to immediately scale up food and nutrition assistance, safe water provision, livelihoods protection,…

New York, 28 April 2019: UN Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock today released a US$13 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund to provide life-saving food, shelter, health, water and sanitation assistance to people affected by Tropical Cyclone Kenneth in Comoros and…

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock approved today the allocation of US$125 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support the response in 13 underfunded emergencies (UFE). This is the largest…