Launch Events

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 teh 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>>