UN / CERF 2 BILLION MARK

The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) today surpassed US$2 billion in funds disbursed to aid agencies in natural and conflict-related emergencies, a milestone in efforts to speed up the international response to humanitarian crises. FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:09
• Production Date: 19 May 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF
• Geographic Subject: UNITED NATIONS STABILIZATION MISSION IN HAITI - MINUSTAH
• MAMS Id: U110519f

Description

STORY: UN / CERF 2 BILLION MARK
TRT: 1.09
SOURCE: UNHCR / MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

Shotlist

FILE – MINUSTAH - 14 JANUARY 2010, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

1. Travelling shot, damage in downtown Port-au-Prince, survivors walking with bags
2. Various shots, people walking through rubble
3. Wide shot, destroyed MINUSTAH Headquarters
4. Wide shot, emergency crews

FILE – UNHCR - 18 JUNE 2010, TALCAHUANO, CHILE

5. Med shot, collapsed building
6. Pan right, collapsed building
7. Pan right, from highway to collapsed building

FILE – MINUSTAH - 5 NOVEMBER 2010, LEOGANE, HAITI

8. Various shots, flooded Leogane

FILE – UNHCR - 26 AUGUST 2010, SUKKUR DISTRICT, SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN

9. Tracking shot, kids standing in water and watching
10. Med shot, tractor passing by with a family on it

Storyline

The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) today surpassed US$2 billion in funds disbursed to aid agencies in natural and conflict-related emergencies, a milestone in efforts to speed up the international response to humanitarian crises.

CERF was launched in 2006 to ensure that life-saving aid is made available within hours of a major emergency and to support humanitarian agencies in countries where there has been inadequate funding.

It has become the UN’s sixth largest source of revenue for humanitarian appeals, allocating an average of $400 million a year to 82 countries. Since 2005, 122 governments and the private sector have committed more than $2.3bn to the Fund. 35 Member States have both benefited from and contributed to the CERF.

In January 2010, for example, CERF allocated $10 million five hours after a massive earthquake struck Haiti - jumpstarting life-saving operations before other funding came online. It added $15 million three days later and a further $10.5 million in March - making it the largest CERF allocation to one emergency response. This year, more than $10 million in CERF funding was allocated to the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire.

Illustrating its impact on under funded countries, CERF has this year disbursed nearly $5 million to respond to multiple crises in Zimbabwe, to tackle acute malnutrition, drought, and cholera. The allocation was used to start life-saving programmes and to ensure continued assistance until additional funding is secured.