Advisory group of new UN disaster relief fund CERF holds inaugural session

UN News Centre May 23, 2006 reports that Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown welcomed the Group members into their new positions and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland briefed them on how the CERF had been used since its 8 March launch.

Note, to date, allocations have been or are being considered for 15 emergencies, nearly all in Africa.