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24 Aug 2009

Afghanistan + 59 others
Central Emergency Response Fund - Report of the Secretary-General (A/64/327)

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— UN General Assembly
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General Assembly
Sixty-fourth session
Item 72 (a) of the provisional agenda
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and
disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including
special economic assistance: strengthening of the coordination
of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations

Summary

The present report on the Central Emergency Response Fund is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 63/139 of 11 December 2008 and covers activities from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

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24 Oct 2007

Bangladesh + 31 others
European Commission and WFP sound alarm over humanitarian impact of climate change

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— European Commission Humanitarian Aid department
Louis Michel, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid and Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) jointly warned that "climate change is an increasing threat to development and humanitarian relief efforts" during WFP's Executive Board meeting today.

Mr. Michel, who is in Rome to address WFP's Executive Board, said: "The recent spate of weather-related disasters across the globe sets the alarm bells ringing. We have had devastating, floods and typhoons in East and South Asia, flooding on an unprecedented

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15 Oct 2007

Afghanistan + 69 others
WFP's Operational Requirements, Shortfalls and Priorities for 2007 - 15 Oct 2007

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— World Food Programme
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Part I: Operational Requirements and Shortfalls

Overview of the 2007 Programme of Work

As the end of 2007 nears, the number of people the World Food Programme is seeking to support has risen to 83 million. The amount of food assistance required to assist these people is valued at US$3.4 billion. Considering resources mobilized thus far in 2007, the current level of funding falls short by some US$653 million.

Additional resources amounting to approximately US$800 million are required before the end of 2007 to ensure uninterrupted

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30 Jan 2006

Afghanistan + 23 others
Self interest drives disaster reporting, says study

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— AlertNet
LONDON, AlertNet - How do you get a humanitarian crisis into the headlines? And how can you convince editors to keep covering it? A new study by U.S.-based media analysts CARMA International may provide a few pointers.
The survey of disaster reporting in newspapers in the United States, Australia and Europe found that it is not human suffering but Western self interest that dictates how disasters are covered in the press.

"The ultimate challenge for victims of disasters and those who wish to help is to capture and sustain media

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