State · UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS — $100.0M (VEN)
Key claim: The U.S. Department of State obligated $100 million to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for rapid life-saving assistance in Venezuela through a pooled fund in response to earthquakes.
Abstract
Department of State obligated $100.0M to UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, for work in VEN. TO PROVIDE A RAPID RESPONSE OF URGENTLY NEEDED LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING VENEZUELA POOLED FUND IN RESPONSE TO THE EARTHQUAKES
Why this matters
This award extends the pattern of State Department funding UN OCHA-managed pooled funds as the delivery mechanism for large, rapid humanitarian obligations, this time for an earthquake response in Venezuela. It adds a Western Hemisphere, natural-disaster case to a humanitarian portfolio otherwise dominated by conflict-driven crises in Sudan and the DRC.