From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Tue Jul 20 2010 - 08:18:40 EDT
http://mmail.com.my/content/43428-un-allocates-us41-million-boost-aid-operations-nine-countries
UN
Allocates US$41 Million To Boost Aid Operations In Nine Countries
Submitted by Najiah on Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Saturday, July 17th, 2010 12:03:00
NEW YORK: United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes allocated
some US$41 million in emergency funding to boost humanitarian operations in
nine countries, whereby people are suffering the effects of hunger,
malnutrition, disease, and conflict, according to Qatar News Agency.
The money from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will help cover
funding gaps in key humanitarian projects in Chad, the Democratic Republic
of the Congo (DRC), Yemen, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),
Central African Republic (CAR), Djibouti, Eritrea, Republic of Congo and
Nepal.
Countries were selected to receive grants based on an analysis of the
funding levels of their aid programmes, and the severity of the humanitarian
needs.
Humanitarian actors in Chad and the DRC received the largest individual
portions of some US$8 million apiece. Agencies working in Yemen will receive
US$7 million, while the humanitarian country team in DPRK or North Korea has
been allocated some US$5 million.
Humanitarian agencies in the CAR, Djibouti, Eritrea and the Republic of
Congo will each receive US$3 million in funding, while US$2 million will go
to help the UN Country Team in Nepal address humanitarian needs in the South
Asian nation.
Earlier this week, Holmes, who is also Under-Secretary-General for
Humanitarian Affairs, announced that UN agencies and their partners are
facing a nearly US$5 billion shortfall this year in responding to
humanitarian crises spanning the globe.
He appealled to donors to persist in their efforts to ensure that "people
struck by disaster or conflict receive the help they need for the rest of
the year to stay alive, avoid recoverable harm, and restore dignity and
basic self-sufficiency."
Since it was established in 2006 to speed up relief operations for
humanitarian emergencies and make funds available quickly after a disaster,
CERF has disbursed more than US$1.7 billion to help victims in more than 76
countries and territories.
The Fund is managed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA) and is funded by voluntary contributions from Member States,
non-governmenta
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