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03/08/2017
Additional €9m Announced For Global Humanitarianism
The Minister For Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development has announced additional millions in funding for worldwide humanitarian needs.
Mr Simon Coveney TD and Mr Ciaran Cannon TD have stated that the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), a large UN fund for immediate humanitarian response at the onset of emergencies, rapidly deterioriating situations and protracted, insufficiently resourced crises, will receive an extra €9 million in Irish funding, in response to unprecedented global requirement for human welfare.
To date, in 2017, CERF has allocated over $276 million to twenty-eight crises around the world. Ireland's additional contribution will allow for further allocation to underfunded crises this year.
Minister Cannon said: "When a crisis fades from the headlines, or never makes the headlines, it is difficult to raise the funding needed to respond - even where the humanitarian need remains significant. The CERF is a valuable mechanism, in that it allows Ireland to provide un-earmarked, flexible and timely funding, with an emphasis underfunded or 'forgotten' crises, in line with our foreign policy goals."
Mr Simon Coveney TD and Mr Ciaran Cannon TD have stated that the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), a large UN fund for immediate humanitarian response at the onset of emergencies, rapidly deterioriating situations and protracted, insufficiently resourced crises, will receive an extra €9 million in Irish funding, in response to unprecedented global requirement for human welfare.
To date, in 2017, CERF has allocated over $276 million to twenty-eight crises around the world. Ireland's additional contribution will allow for further allocation to underfunded crises this year.
Minister Cannon said: "When a crisis fades from the headlines, or never makes the headlines, it is difficult to raise the funding needed to respond - even where the humanitarian need remains significant. The CERF is a valuable mechanism, in that it allows Ireland to provide un-earmarked, flexible and timely funding, with an emphasis underfunded or 'forgotten' crises, in line with our foreign policy goals."
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