Press Releases
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26 May 2011 CERF allocates close to $5 million for emergency assistance in Pakistan CERF allocates $5 million for displaced people fleeing the ongoing security operation in northwest area of Pakistan. At the request of provincial government authorities in early 2011, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in coordination with the authorities and other humanitarian agencies, helped to establish two temporary camps for internally displaced people (IDP) in the northwest part of Pakistan. The IDP families have been displaced by... |
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27 Jan 2011 Humanitarian Community in Pakistan is Faced with New Challenges - Six Months into the Floods (Islamabad/Geneva/New York: 27 January
2011) This week marks six months since the floods triggered an unprecedented
humanitarian crisis in Pakistan, and the humanitarian community operating
in the country is still faced with new challenges. After having assisted
millions of flood-affected people with emergency aid since August last
year, the relief has now also to include early recovery support, and funding
for these activities is urgently needed. Out of the more than 450... |
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21 Jan 2011 UN Special Envoy to Pakistan Visits Flood-Stricken Sindh Six Months into the Flood Crisis (Islamabad/Geneva/New York: 21 January
2011): Almost six months after the devastating floods hit Pakistan in July
last year, the United Nations is continuing its commitment to assist millions
of people in need. The Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Assistance
to Pakistan, Mr Rauf Engin Soysal, has just concluded a two-day visit to
Sindh Province, where more than seven million people were affected during
the height of the flood crisis. "During my visit I was... |
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05 Dec 2010 PAKISTAN: STILL MORE TO DO - UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF (Islamabad / New York / Geneva: 05 December
2010): On the final day of her four-day mission to Pakistan, United Nations
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator,
Valerie Amos, visited the conflict affected population in the northern
area of Kyber Pakhthunkwa (KPK) province.
During her visit to KPK, Ms. Amos visited Jalozai Camp, where nearly 97,000 men, women and children are living in tents and receiving clean drinking water, food,... |
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03 Dec 2010 PAKISTAN: EMERGENCY FAR FROM OVER IN THE SOUTH AND SUFFERING MUST BE STOPPED: UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF (Islamabad / New York / Geneva: 03 December
2010): On the second day of her four-day visit to Pakistan, United Nations
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Valerie Amos travelled to the flood-ravaged area of Sindh province. She
met flood displaced people and reviewed the ongoing relief and recovery
efforts.
"Everything I saw and heard today confirmed that this disaster is far from over," said Ms. Amos. Four months on,... |
