Amid deep cuts to global humanitarian funding, the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund, CERF, on Thursday allocated $110 million to neglected crises across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
GENEVA - The United Nations has released $110 million from an emergency fund to help neglected crises around the world, including Sudan, after donors like the United States ordered major cuts. Read more at straitstimes.
Amid cuts by major countries, the UN is trying to fill the global aid gap. It has described 2025 as a year of "unprecedented levels of suffering."
After several years of fragile truce, there is a “palpable” fear of a return to all-out war in Yemen, said Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Thursday, briefing the Security Council.
GENEVA: The UN said Thursday it was allocating $110 million from its emergency fund for life-saving assistance
The UN’s top humanitarian official Tom Fletcher has described aid cuts by western nations as a “punch in the gut”. With the US, UK and several European donors cutting funding, the humanitarian system is under severe strain.
Egypt and Qatar said that the Israeli move violated the ceasefire deal, while the UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher referred to the blockade as ‘alarming’
UNITED NATIONS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations has released 110 million U.S. dollars in emergency aid for Africa, Asia and Latin America following cuts in donor funding, the UN aid agency said on Thursday.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Antonio Guterres has called for humanitarian aid to flow back into Gaza "immediately," and for the release of all hosta
Several Arab states and the UN have condemned Israel for blocking the entry of all humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. Egypt and Qatar said the Israeli move on Sunday violated a ceasefire deal, while UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher described it as "alarming".
The United Nations (UN) said Thursday it was allocating US$110 million from its emergency fund for life-saving assistance in several countries after "brutal" cuts in global humanitarian aid.