Humanitarian Appeal 2013

14 December 2012: The United Nations today called for US$ 8.5 billion for aid agencies to help 51 million people cope with humanitarian emergencies in 2013.

Global Humanitarian Action at Mid-year - an Overview, New York, 19 July 2012

A side event of the ECOSOC 2012 Substantive Session – Humanitarian Affairs Segment.

This event was held on 19 July 2012 from 1.15 pm to 2.30 pm at the North Lawn Tent of the United Nations Secretariat in New York.

The ERC provided an overview of global humanitarian action at mid-year, including trends in humanitarian funding, people in need worldwide and challenges in the second half of the year with specific focus on Yemen, South Sudan, and the Sahel region.

Participants included representatives of Member States, inter-governmental organizations, NGOs, private corporations, civil society and the United Nations system.

Programme:    

Light lunch and refreshments (standing reception)
Welcome remarks and overview by USG/ERC Valerie Amos
Keynote address by H.E. Mr. Oumar Daou, Permanent Representative of Mali to the United Nations
Musical performance by Haitian singer and songwriter Jael Auguste

Poster Mid-year review 2012

CAP Mid-year fact sheet 2012

Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen focus graphic 2012

Pooled funds and CAP graphic 2012

CAP Briefing, Doha (Qatar) 5 April 2012

5 April 2012: The United Nations and the State of Qatar urged the international community to sustain and increase its help to the millions of people in the world affected by humanitarian disasters and emergencies by supporting the global Humanitarian Appeal for 2012.

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, and Qatar's Minister's Assistant for International Cooperation, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Jabr Al Thani, jointly chaired a meeting in Doha to highlight the needs of 51 million people in 17 countries int eh world needing urgent help. Ms. Amos drew particular attention to Sudan and Somalia which have the two largest appeals this year. The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinators from Sudan and Somalia travelled to the event, together with their country teams, to inform the audience about the respective humanitarian crises.      

CAP Geneva December Briefing for the Humanitarian Appeal for 2012

14 December 2011: The United Nations called for US$ 7.7 billion for aid agencies to help 51 million people cope with humanitarian emergencies around the world in 2012.

The appeals, issued in Geneva by UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos, and the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Kristalina Georgieva, aim to assist people in sixteen of the planet’s most pressing crises, including the world’s largest humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa.  More>>