Summary

More than 2,6 millions people are displaced within the DRC since January 2009. From Province Orientale to Katanga, entire families are uprooted by a long multi-faceted conflict that has recorded in the past 12 months serious deteriorations in North Kivu and Katanga.

Key figures

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HIGHLIGHTS

• The Central African Republic (CAR) IDP population has increased nearly 300 percent since December 2012

• 2013 CAR Consolidated Appeal (CAP) requests $139 million

• Security conditions and humanitarian access across CAR remain fluid

Headlines

• 122,869 children were vaccinated against measles following a successful measles campaign carried out in Bangui from 22-26 May, reaching 99% of the target population of 125,000 according to preliminary data. In addition, of the target population, 112,370 children received Albendazole for deworming and 120,313 children were administered Vitamin A.

• Since 27 May 2013, 141 children, 15 of whom are girls, have been released from armed groups following on-going discussions between UNICEF and the CAR government.

Preliminary Appeal Target: US$ 401,426 Balance Requested: US$ 401,426

Geneva, 11 June 2013

Dear Colleagues,

The conflict between rebel group M23 and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that started in 2012 took a new twist in March 2013 when thousands of refugees fled from renewed fighting in the DRC to Kisoro district in western Uganda.

Opposition Areas Lack Food, Medical Assistance

(New York, June 12, 2013) – Insufficient levels of humanitarian assistance are reaching opposition-controlled areas in northern Syria, despite their proximity to the Turkish border and dire medical, food, and other humanitarian needs, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch visited Raqqa governorate in April 2013, and Aleppo, Idlib, and Latakia governorates between December 2012 and April 2013.

Geneva, 7 June 2013

Excellencies,
Ministers,
High Commissioner Guterres,
Dr. Chan,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

When we last made an appeal for Syria, we hoped we would not have to do it again. But today, we are here to launch the biggest humanitarian appeal ever, for the people of Syria.

Since 2012 the DRC has witnessed a constant increase in the number of internally displaced people, up from 1.7 million in December 2011 to more than 2.6 million in April 2013. The east of the country has remained very unstable due to the presence of various armed groups and militias.

4 June 2013 – Many United Nations staff members are deployed in duty stations deemed difficult or hazardous, but the current situation in violence-torn Syria presents the furthest extreme in work conditions – all-out open combat.

For staff of the UN Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) that has been the reality in the over two years since the uprising against the Government of Bashar al-Assad began.