UN CERF Annual Report 2012 January 2012 - December 2012 | Page 22

DISBURSEMENT BY WINDOW
In 2012, CERF disbursed a total of $327 million to 44
countries through the RR window. This marks the highest
amount ever allocated through the RR window.
In addition to Syria and South Sudan, the largest recipients
included Niger, which received nearly $25 million to
address cholera, drought, food insecurity and a significant
returnee and refugee influx following the conflicts in Libya
and Mali; Yemen, which received three allocations valued
at $24 million in response to internal displacement related
to conflict; and Pakistan, which received approximately
$22 million through two allocations for the complex
emergency in the north-west and monsoon floods in the
southern part of the country.
UFE allocations to 21 countries accounted for about one
third ($158 million) of the total annual disbursements in
2012. CERF disbursed $103.5 million, or 65 per cent, of
the annual UFE budget to agencies in the first quarter of
the year, allowing RC/HCs and humanitarian partners to
strategically formulate their 2012 plans in 13 important,
but poorly funded crises as early as possible in the year.

DISBURSEMENT BY
EMERGENCY TYPE

in Niger and the DRC topping the list of recipients. The

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

total funds disbursed to UNHCR increased in 2012, with

experienced a more than three-fold increase in CERF

CERF the eighth-largest donor to UNHCR for the year.

funding from 2011 to 2012, largely due to the needs of

The UNHCR allocations primarily went to assist people

Palestinian refugees in Syria. CERF also increased its

Conflict-related displacement, notably in Mali, South Sudan,

uprooted by emergencies, especially in South Sudan, Syria,

support to WHO by nearly $14 million to a total of

Syria and Myanmar, was the highest-funded emergency

Pakistan, Myanmar and Yemen.

$53 million, making CERF WHO’s largest donor source

type in 2012, accounting for over 41 per cent of CERF
disbursements, totalling approximately $199 million.

for emergency operations, accounting for 40 per cent of
In 2012, CERF became UNICEF’s second-largest source

its budget. FAO also saw a significant increase in CERF

of humanitarian funding. Disbursed funds from CERF to

funding up $5 million to an annual total of $43 million.

In Myanmar, the eruption of the communal violence in

UNICEF increased from $106 million in 2011 to $128.6 million

Rakhine state in mid-June and October led to the loss of

in 2012, equivalent to 18 per cent of UNICEF’s total income

lives and livelihoods, displaced up to 125,000 people and

for humanitarian assistance.

damaged public infrastructure and homes. In response,
CERF approved a total of $10.2 million to UNHCR, UNFPA,
WFP, UNICEF and WHO for projects that delivered
emergency assistance to the most vulnerable people.
In July, CERF gave $7 million to humanitarian partners in
Mali to aid conflict-affected people. Some 146,000 Malians
were internally displaced, and another 191,000 sought

THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
The life-saving food basket in Syria

refuge in neighbouring countries, due to the deteriorating
security situation in the country. This complex emergency
affected areas that were already highly food-insecure
following the 2011 drought.

Humanitarian partners in South Sudan were the largest
recipients of UFE funds, at $20 million. Pakistan received
$15 million to support programmes responding to
displacement in the north-west provinces.

No agencies requested CERF loans during 2012.
To ensure broad coverage and reduce the number of
projects with overlapping implementation periods and
budgets, CERF strives to avoid repeating underfunded
disbursements to the same countries in the same year. In
the second UFE round, CERF allocated nearly $55 million
to humanitarian operations in another eight countries.

DISBURSEMENT BY SECTOR
While food remained CERF’s top-funded sector in 2012,
totalling $115 million in disbursements to humanitarian
partners, there was a significant increase in disbursements
to the health sector. A total of $78 million was disbursed
to help humanitarian agencies and their partners control
disease outbreaks, including cholera and ebola in West
and Central Africa, yellow fever in Cameroon and Sudan,

During 2012, CERF disbursed a total of
$320 million in response to 23 humanitarian
appeals. This included disbursements against
17 consolidated appeals (Afghanistan, Burkina
Faso, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire,
DRC, Djibouti, Haiti, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania,
Niger, Philippines, Republic of Sudan, South
Sudan, Yemen and Zimbabwe); one Flash
Appeal to Lesotho and five other comparable
humanitarian action plans (Cuba, Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
and Syria).

DISBURSEMENT BY AGENCY
CERF disbursed funds to 14 UN agencies and IOM during
2012. The list included one new recipient agency, the United

Credit: UNICEF/Romenzi

In February 2012, 23-year-old Lilith Attia and her family
fled their home in Jib el Jandal, leaving all their belongings
behind. T