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UN Rations Sudan The Most Amount From CERF’s Humanitarian Fund

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 2014 (IPS) - UN Humanitarian Chief and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, has allocated 20 million dollars to Sudan for emergency aid operations and relief efforts – in light of last week’s statement by UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, saying South Sudan can now be seen as a “horrifying humanitarian and human rights disaster.”

The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which provides money for both sudden-onset and chronically neglected crises, has released 86 million dollars from its disaster relief fund to ten chronically neglected countries currently undergoing dire urgencies – of which South Sudan was allocated the most amount.

Many other aid organizations are also working intensely at salvaging Sudanese civilians.

UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is doing 24-hour patrolling while currently protecting 22,000 civilians in Malakal and 70,000 others in seven other bases around the country.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimated 500,000 people have been displaced since December 15 when more intense fighting began.

OCHA is working with experts from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in setting up new camps for over 85,000 Sudanese that have fled to neighboring countries. UNHCR estimates that that number will soon surpass 100,000.

UNICEF reports that, despite the limited accessibility to civilians, it has offered food for more than 160,000 people in six states, hundreds of children have received nutrition supplements and another 200,000 people have received other types of aid.

“These essential and life-saving supplies will help thousands of children and women in desperate need across South Sudan,” said Dermot Carty, UNICEF Deputy Director of Emergency Programmes.

The remaining balance of the original 86 million dollars from CERF will go to people facing similar of other critical humanitarian crises in their countries.

“These people are caught in crises and have been forgotten or overshadowed by other emergencies,” Amos commented. “These allocations will go to help millions of people who do not get the help they need.”

Displaced Malians who still face effects of 2012’s inter-communal violence have been allocated 11.5 million dollars. UN agencies in Myanmar are set to receive 5.5 million dollars to help sustain displaced families.

Chad’s 10 million dollars; Yemen’s 14 million dollars; North Korea’s 6.5 million dollars; Haiti’s 6 million dollars; Colombia’s 4.5 million dollars; Djibouti’s 4 million dollars and Uganda’s 4 million dollars will all go toward supporting relief efforts in each country.

Since CERF’s 2006 launch, it has already allotted 3 billion dollars to 88 countries and territories. In 2013, almost 480 million dollars was offered for emergency relief, 174 million dollars of that total was delegated to chronically under-funded crises.

CHART: CERF Underfunded Emergencies 2014 Round 1 (as of 15 Jan 2014)

 

 
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