Urgent international action needed to boost UN humanitarian fund (23/03/07)
 

International aid agency Oxfam have called on the international community to commit to strengthening the UN Central Emergency Response Fund's (CERF) potential for providing quick, life-saving humanitarian assistance for millions of people around the world.
 
 

In a report, The UN Central Response Fund One Year On, launched on the emergency fund's first anniversary, Oxfam shows its performance has been mixed.

The report's findings indicate that the emergency fund has increased humanitarian aid delivery for under-funded emergencies and in some cases aided more rapid response and; in others, payment of funds to agencies working on the ground were patchy and sluggish.

"The emergency fund has done some good work in a short space of time but a lot remains to be done in reaching its full potential during its second year," said Jeremy Hobbs, Oxfam International's Executive Director. "Improvements must be made if the world is to provide a truly rapid-response system to help the 46 million people whose lives are ripped apart by natural disasters and conflict every year."

Source: Oxfam

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