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UN briefing: $12 million CERF allocation, rising civilian toll and urgent funding gaps
Summary
At a United Nations press briefing, spokesperson Farhan announced a $12,000,000 allocation from the Central Emergency Response Fund and highlighted rising civilian casualties, damaged infrastructure, and urgent gaps in humanitarian funding across multiple crises.
Farhan, a United Nations spokesperson, told reporters that the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, allocated $12,000,000 from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support life‑saving activities in health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and food security in the affected country.
The spokeswoman said authorities reported that between Feb. 28 and Apr. 8 large‑scale air strikes caused more than 2,360 civilian deaths, including 257 women and 220 children, and tens of thousands of injuries, damaging homes, schools and health facilities and cutting off people’s access to central services. Farhan cautioned that these…
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