Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Côte d'Ivoire
22 August 2012: Thirty-four humanitarian organizations rely on the United Nations Humanitarian
Air Service (UNHAS) to deliver relief aid in Côte d’Ivoire. UNHAS, operated by the World Food
Programme (WFP), ensures that the humanitarian community can access people in need through
a safe, efficient and cost-effective cargo and passenger air service.
UNHAS operations are...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Kuwait, World
24 August 2012, New York: The Government of Kuwait donated US$450,000 to the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) at a meeting with Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Catherine Bragg, in UN headquarters.
The Kuwait Permanent Representative to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Mansour Al-Otaibi, presented checks worth $450,000 to the Fund. With this...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Lesotho
United Nations works with Government to respond
24 August 2012 (OCHA ROSA, Johannesburg): In response to a more than 70 per cent reduction in domestic agricultural production in Lesotho that has put more than 725,000 people, over a third of the population, at risk of food insecurity, the United Nations today announced funding of US$6.2 million to respond to the mounting humanitarian crisis....
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Myanmar
13 August 2012: Intercommunity conflict across Rakhine State, Myanmar, erupted in June 2012.
The violence prompted the massive displacement of some 65,000 people; damage to public
infrastructure and homes; and the loss of lives and livelihoods.
Since the conflict began, the Government has provided assistance to internally displaced persons
(IDPs) in Sittwe and Maungdaw...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Sierra Leone
14 August 2012: More than 170 people have been killed in a cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone so far this year. Some 10,800 cholera cases have been reported since January. The epidemic, the worst in 15 years, is concentrated in seven districts including Freetown, the capital. According to United Nations estimates, the outbreak has affected eight of the country's 13 districts. The increase in the...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Yemen
14 August 2012: Since June 2012, the Republic of Yemen’s southern region has been in a state of conflict. This was triggered by the Government’s decision to recapture armed militant strongholds in the south. A chronically underdeveloped country and the recent political, social and economic instability in southern Yemen have placed a high toll on more than 452,000 Yemeni people.
The political...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Myanmar
(Yangon/New York, 9 August 2012) Ending a four-day mission to Myanmar, John Ging, OCHA’s Director of Operations, voiced concern for the plight of over half a million internally displaced people and called for respect for humanitarian principles and international humanitarian law to enable aid agencies to access areas of conflict and help those in need.
Despite notable efforts by the Myanmar...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Sudan
(New York, 9 August 2012): The United Nations top humanitarian official, Valerie Amos, has allocated US$55 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster humanitarian operations in eight countries with neglected humanitarian emergencies.
Allocations for Afghanistan,...
Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country:
Mauritania, Mali
16 April 2012: Thousands of people have fled northern Mali due to fighting between the army and Malian Tuareg rebels of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad. Some 33,098 Malians took refuge in the town of Fassala, Mauritania, between January and February 2012. The majority (54 per cent) of these people are women...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
13 July 2012: The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has provided US$6,887,544 to six UN agencies and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in response to an influx of over 30,000 refugees fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The number of Congolese refugees crossing into south-western Uganda has...