UNICEF Seeks $805 Million Worldwide for Humanitarian Emergencies
Of the requested $805 million, more than one-third of the total, US $331 million, is for UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action Report (HAR) 2006 provides an annual overview of the agency’s emergency assistance programmes within the context of UN-wide appeals. The report sets out the relief activities and the financial requirements of UNICEF for meeting the needs of children and women. UNICEF’s emergency funding broke records in 2005, thanks to extraordinary donor generosity toward victims of the tsunami, the earthquake in “Responding swiftly and effectively to crises is an essential part of meeting long-term development goals,” said Dan Toole, Director of the Office of Emergency Programmes for UNICEF, launching the HAR report on Monday in
Region by region The report details specific relief activities and provides the financial requirements of UNICEF for meeting the needs of children and women in each country and region. Areas in critical need of funding include:Eastern and Southern Africa has had more emergencies over the past decade than any other region in the world, including the current drought, the HIV/AIDS pandemic and wide-spread malnutrition. Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States includes several countries that are affected by low-level warfare, fragile ceasefires and growing tensions, while natural disasters pose a threat across the region. East Asia and the Pacific, which faced a major emergency following the tsunami, is contending with other threats, most notably confirmed human cases of Avian Influenza. In several countries, drought and hot weather also have increased risks of severe food shortages and disease due to lack of usable water. The Middle East and North Africa are dominated by the situation in Relief and recovery activities include providing basic survival supplies as well as training in education, child protection and health and nutrition. With these resources, UNICEF can continue its efforts to improve access to education by providing School-In-A-Box kits, treat children suffering from severe and moderate malnutrition, establish safe drinking water supplies and sanitation facilities, protect tens of millions of children against measles and malaria and assist in the demobilisation and reintegration of child soldiers, among other essential programmes. Wivina Belmonte , wbelmonte@unicef.org, UNICEF Media,
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