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14 May 2011 - 5:34pmOn the first day of her four-day visit to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Israel, Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Valerie Amos witnessed firsthand the impact of the Barrier on Palestinian communities in the Jerusalem governorate. The Barrier is the single largest obstacle to Palestinian... -
13 May 2011 - 11:45pmAs fighting continues, the number of people trying to reach Europe by sea has risen since the crisis in Libya began. There are major concerns as people fleeing the violence are often using unsafe and overloaded vessels. On 6 May, a boat carrying people fleeing Libya broke up shortly after departing Tripoli... -
13 May 2011 - 10:39pmValerie Amos, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, will starting a four-day trip to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Israel tomorrow, with EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response,... -
11 May 2011 - 8:38pmOCHA and Western Union called on the global corporate community to raise US$500,000 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of CERF, the Central Emergency Response Fund. CEO Hikmet Ersek launched the initiative on 10 May, encouraging peers to pre-fund life-saving disaster response work through CERF. In 2011,... -
11 May 2011 - 1:30amPeople in Libya's western Nafusa Mountain region continue to be caught up in the conflict. In Nalut and Zintan, ongoing fighting continues to hinder delivery of assistance to those in need, and half of the population of these towns have reportedly left. On 7 May, media reports indicated that fighting...
