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Parlons des catastrophes silencieuses
18/02/2013 -
De nombreuses catastrophes et situations d'urgence sont insuffisamment relatées et finissent par être oubliées, alors qu'elles sèment la souffrance et la mort. [...]

La résilience à Rome
13/12/2012 -
La commissaire Kristalina Georgieva se trouve à Rome pour se rendre au Comité permanent interorganisations, l'organe interinstitutionnel le plus important dans le domaine humanitaire. Elle prononcera une allocution devant le Comité sur la façon (...)

Faire de la résilience un enjeu de taille au Sahel
06/12/2012 -
La commissaire Georgieva participe à la Semaine de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Sahel qui se tient à Ouagadougou, au Burkina Faso, où elle rejoindra des décideurs régionaux et des intervenants internationaux pour le lancement d'AGIR (...)

Corps volontaire européen d'aide humanitaire: donnez votre avis!
21/04/2012 -
La Commission européenne part à la recherche de vos idées et de votre inspiration pour donner un nom à l’un de ses nouveaux projets les plus passionnants: le Corps volontaire européen d'aide humanitaire. Aidez-nous à donner à ce projet exaltant un nom digne de ce qu’il représente (...)

Mme Georgieva et Mme Amos réclament un accès aux victimes de violences en Syrie
21/02/2012 -
La commissaire Kristalina Georgieva vient de recevoir Valérie Amos, sous-secrétaire générale adjointe aux affaires humanitaires des Nations unies, avec qui elle a abordé la situation d'urgence grandissante en Syrie. La situation va en s'aggravant et il existe un danger très réel que la crise des réfugiés ne se renforce (...)

UE-Turquie: pourparlers en faveur d'une collaboration plus étroite face aux urgences majeures
09/02/2012 -
Kristalina Georgieva, commissaire européenne chargée de la réponse aux crises, se rend en Turquie en reconnaissance du rôle croissant du pays en tant que donateur d'aide humanitaire internationale. Elle abordera avec les autorités turques la nécessité et les possibilités d'une coopération plus étroite en matière de réponse aux catastrophes et de gestion des urgences (...)

La Commission européenne octroie des fonds supplémentaires à Haïti
04/01/2012 -
À l'approche du deuxième anniversaire du tremblement de terre dévastateur qui a frappé Haïti en janvier 2010, la Commission européenne a ajouté 3 millions d'euros à l'enveloppe consacrée à l'aide humanitaire pour ce pays pour 2011, ce qui porte son financement total des interventions humanitaires à 38,5 millions d'euros en 2011. (...)

Europe moves to help victims of Central America floods
28/10/2011 -
The European Commission intends to give €4 million of humanitarian aid to assist people affected by floods in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. The region is grappling with heavy rains and the resulting mudslides and floods. (...)

Commission reaches out to victims of South East Asian floods
21/10/2011 -
In response to the typhoons and flooding that are seriously affecting South East Asia, the European Commission has allocated €10 million to support emergency operations and provide relief to between 500 000 and 1 million of people in the flood-hit countries. (...)

New humanitarian aid to bring relief to flood victims in Pakistan
16/09/2011 -
The European Commission will provide €10 million in emergency relief to the victims of the monsoon floods in Pakistan. The disaster has already killed more than 200 people, and over 280 000 others have registered in camps for the internally displaced. The Commission's humanitarian assistance will fund shelter, (...)

Commissioner Georgieva to visit disaster-stricken Japan
23/03/2011 -
Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva will travel to Japan tomorrow, 24 March. In Tokyo, she will discuss the ongoing relief operations with the Japanese authorities and aid providers, and will oversee the logistics of European assistance being delivered to those in need. (...)

Commissioner Georgieva increases European humanitarian aid to Yemen
15/01/2011 -
At the end of her visit to Yemen, Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva announced the mobilisation of €15 million to address the country’s growing humanitarian needs. The Commissioner also inaugurated the new European humanitarian office in the capital Sana'a. Yemen hosts over 239 000 refugees from the Horn of Africa, while around 225 000 Yemeni are internally displaced due to conflicts. (...)

Commissioner Georgieva draws attention to forgotten humanitarian crisis in Yemen
12/01/2011 -
Commissioner Georgieva sets out for Yemen today, together with António Guterres - the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. They will gather first-hand information on the humanitarian challenges in the country, which is struggling to sustain a massive number of internally displaced persons and refugees from the Horn of Africa. (...)

Commissioner Georgieva renews EU's commitment with Haiti one year after the earthquake
11/01/2011 -
"One year after the terrible earthquake that struck Haiti and hurt more than one million people, we want to reaffirm that helping the country to recover remains a EU priority. We have been a steadfast partner in Haiti and we will continue to be fully committed in the long run to advancing the country's reconstruction and to helping its people build a better tomorrow". (...)

Commissioner Georgieva makes a plea for cholera victims in Haiti
13/12/2010 -
During a short statement in the European Commission’s press room, Commissioner Georgieva made a plea on behalf of cholera victims in Haiti. She said, "The anti-cholera efforts undertaken before the post-electoral riots have reduced the daily rate of cholera deaths from 50 on 23 November to 22 on 4 December. (...)

The Commission and Member States join efforts to transport large relief aid to Pakistan
01/09/2010 -
An Antonov AN-124 cargo aircraft is leaving for Pakistan today with 100 tons of assistance provided in a joint effort by Germany, Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic, which is offering the plane on a cost-free basis. This shipment is coordinated by the Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) which currently has a team of civil protection experts in Pakistan to monitor the distribution of EU in-kind assistance, (...)

Commissioner meets victims of the floods in Pakistan
26/08/2010 -
On Wednesday 24 August 2010, Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response met with victims of the floods in Pakistan, during a two day visit to the country. The Commissioner saw for herself the plight of the people devastated by the worst disaster Pakistan has faced in decades, (...)

Commissioner Georgieva visits Pakistan
23/08/2010 -
Commissioner Georgieva is visiting Pakistan from 23d to 27th of August to convey the message of the EU's solidarity with the people and authorities of Pakistan, and request that humanitarian workers have full access to the people in need. The Commissioner will also assess the ongoing international humanitarian response with both the partners in Islamabad and in the field, (...)

Commissioner Georgieva announces the allocation of €24 million for humanitarian aid purposes in Sahel
02/06/2010 -
The Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, has announced today in a press conference the Commission's decision to allocate an additional €24 million to be used in assisting over seven million vulnerable people affected by the food crisis in Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso and northern Nigeria. The new funds will permit the financing of more operations in the nutrition and health sectors. This includes blanket supplementary feeding programmes, screening and treatment of acute malnutrition of children, free access to health services for emergency cases and mobile health services for pastoralist population (...)

Commissioner's blog: Haiti
03/03/2010 -
Kristalina Georgieva has been in Haiti visiting EU-funded projects and meeting ministers, officials, aid workers and Haitians affected by the earthquake. Visit her blog to get her impressions from her first mission as European Commissioner reponsible for crisis response.

Commissioner Georgieva leaving for Haiti on 28 February
26/02/2010 -
Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva's first overseas mission in her new role as Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response will take her to Haiti. She leaves Brussels on 28 February, returning on 4 March. She will visit humanitarian projects (...)