The long-standing commitment of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden to international development has rooted them firmly as leaders in international development assistance. They are strong advocates on human rights issues––addressing inequalities between and within countries––and have forward thinking policies for social development and health.

The lack of funding poses serious constraints on humanitarian operations in Mali. Several clusters, such as education and logistics and emergency telecommunications, have received no funding so far.

Press Release
PR/01/2013
Jerusalem

The European Union is making today a contribution of approximately €7.2 million to the payment of the December salaries and pensions of around 83,800 Palestinian civil servants and pensioners in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. This contribution, which is channelled through the PEGASE[1] mechanism, is being funded by the Government of Denmark (DKK 45.0 million or c.€6.0 million) and the Government of the Netherlands (c.€1.2 million earmarked specifically to the PA salaries in the Justice sector).

GA/11329

Sixty-seventh General Assembly
Plenary
57th & 58th Meetings (AM & PM)

Resolution among Consensus Texts on Advancing Culture of Peace; Assembly Also Adopts Text on Memorial for Victims of Transatlantic Slave Trade

Six-year-old Yagandra Kami flew to Pennsylvania in the USA on Wednesday, becoming the 75,000th refugee from Bhutan to be resettled from Nepal under a major programme launched in November 2007.

IOM Nepal Chief of Mission Maurizio Busatti and UNHCR Nepal Representative Stephane Jaquemet welcomed the milestone in the Nepali capital Kathmandu.

The exercise organized on 27 and 28 November to evaluate the functioning of the Tsunami Warning System for the North East Atlantic, Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas has taken place as scheduled. This real-time simulation, based on four scenarios in which earthquakes provoked tsunamis in different regions, demonstrated that the communication system for sending and receiving alert messages to concerned national authorities, worked smoothly.

10/31/2012 17:45 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Oct 31, 2012 (AFP) - Denmark said on Wednesday it has suspended all financial assistance to the government of Uganda after an audit found that ten million euros ($13.0 million) of foreign aid had been misappropriated.

"We are taking this very seriously, and have immediately suspended all payments to the government of Uganda," Minister for Development Cooperation Christian Friis Bach told AFP.

There are no safe areas for civilians in Syria at the moment, forcing women and children to constantly move around to find security. A €1.2 mill donation from the Danish Government strengthens the ability of the Danish Refugee Council to reach the vulnerable civilians in both Syria and the neighboring countries.

09/01/2012 10:12 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Sept 1, 2012 (AFP) - Denmark will free up another two million euros to help provide aid to Syrian refugees and displaced people as a civil war rages in their homeland, Danish public television DR reported Saturday.

Out of the 15 million kroner (two million euros), 13 million will go to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and two million to the Danish crisis agency, which sends personnel and equipment to Syrian refugees in Jordan.