£2 million of joint funding to help Somalia tackle the issue of sexual violence in conflict will be announced today by Foreign Secretary William Hague and United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

04/12/2013 14:09 GMT

ABU DHABI, April 12, 2013 (AFP) - The United Arab Emirates vowed on Friday to keep up its assistance to 19 Sri Lankans seeking refugee status in a third country since they arrived after a shipwreck nearly six months ago.

They are part of a group of 45 Sri Lankans -- including former rebels -- rescued last October when their boat sank off Dubai and who later asked the UNHCR to be classified as refugees.

19 Sri Lankans, Including 6 Women, at Grave Risk of Torture if Returned

(Beirut, April 6, 2013) – United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities should not deport 19 Tamil refugees to Sri Lanka because they would be at serious risk of torture and persecution upon return, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has recognized all 19 as refugees, but the UAE authorities have told the group they must leave the country by April 11, 2013.

Tunis: The Khalifa bin Zayed Foundation has offered 12 ambulances to the ministry of health in Tunisia.

The health assistance was delivered to the Tunisian health authorities during a ceremony attended by staff of the UAE Embassy there and the Tunisian Health Minister, Dr. Abdul-Latif Al-Makky.

The Foundation said the state-of-the-art ambulance would support health services provided to mothers and children. Additional medical equipment will arrive later.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The USG announces $155 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Syria response.
• International donors pledge $1.5 billion in humanitarian assistance for the Syria crisis.
• U.S. delegation attends donor pledging conference in Kuwait on January 30.

15 January 2013

The fifteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review Working Group will be held in Geneva from 21 January to 1 February during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism.

WAM Amman, 13 Jan. 2013 (WAM) -- International humanitarian and relief organisations operating in Jordan have commended UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan for ordering immediate winter assistance worth US$ 5 million for Syrian refugees in Jordan.

Representatives of key UN agencies highly appreciated the major role the UAE is playing in extending a helping hand to the Syrian refugees in Jordan. They noted that UAE, as usual, was at the forefront of aid providers.

Abu Dhabi, 8 Jan. 2013 (WAM) - In line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the follow up of Gen. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler's Representative in the Western Region and Chairman of the UAE Red Crescent Authority has ordered the dispatch of emergency relief aid to the people affected by the extreme cold wave in Kazakhstan.

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III. EFFECTS:

A. AFFECTED POPULATION (TAB A)

• As of 6:00 AM, 23 December 2012, a total of 711,682 families / 6,243,998 persons in 3,064 Barangays / 318 municipalities / 40 cities / 34 provinces of Regions IV-B, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, CARAGA and ARMM were affected.

• The total number of population currently served inside and outside the evacuation centers is 226,497 families / 973,207 persons.

INSIDE 87 ECs 3,011 families/13,940 persons
OUTSIDE ECs 223,486 families/959,267 persons