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The CERF was adopted by resolution of the General Assembly on December 15th 2005, and upgrades the loan mechanism under the 1992 Central Emergency Revolving Fund from US $ 50 million to a total of around $450 million. The CERF is administered by the Undersecretary-General For Humanitarian Affairs And Emergency Relief Coordinator , currently Jan Egeland , in consultation with Humanitarian Agencies and coordinators. According to the United Nations, agencies and their partners will be able to access the CERF within the crucial first 72 hours of a crisis. It is therefore hoped that the CERF will meet the three objectives of:
As of March 2006, few nations have pledged to contribute to the CERF and fewer still have made contributions, with only a third of the amount requested being raised: about 30 countries have donated around $250 million. OXFAM has criticized wealthy countries for either not donating (e.g. Germany and Japan ), or making small contributions (e.g. United States and France ). CONTRIBUTORS The following governments and organizations have contributed to the CERF. The fourth column indicates the amount donated per capita, while the fifth column is proportional to the fraction of a person's income that was donated. For example, the percentage of income donated by an individual in the UK is over 50 times larger than that by one in the U.S. , but four times smaller than that by one in Norway . SEE ALSO Related crises EXTERNAL LINKS |
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