QUIEN: Mark Lowcock, Secretario General Adjunto de la ONU para Asuntos Humanitarios y Coordinador del Socorro de Emergencia QUE: Visita a la República Bolivariana de Venezuela CUANDO: 4-6 noviembre...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Venezuela
News and Press ReleaseEl Coordinador del Socorro de Emergencia visitará la República Bolivariana de Venezuela
CAR
News and Press ReleaseDéclaration du Coordonnateur Humanitaire ad intérim en République centrafricaine (RCA), M. Buti Kale - 31 octobre 2019
(Bangui, 31 octobre 2019) : Le Coordonnateur ad intérim en République centrafricaine, M. Buti Kale déplore l’impact des récentes pluies diluviennes sur la population centrafricaine à Bangui et dans...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Acting Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic (CAR), Mr. Buti Kale - 31 October, 2019
(Bangui, 31 October 2019): The Acting Coordinator in the Central African Republic, Mr. Buti Kale deplores the impact of the recent heavy rains on the Central African population in Bangui and other...
South Sudan + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseSouth Sudan: Humanitarian Coordinator condemns killing of three aid workers
(Juba, 30 October 2019) The Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou, has strongly condemned the killing of three aid workers in Morobo County, South Sudan’s Central Equatoria region. ...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseLe Coordonnateur Humanitaire a.i. en Haïti est préoccupé par la limitation sévère de l’accès humanitaire en raison des troubles sociaux qui affectent le pays depuis environ six semaines
Port-au-Prince, Haïti, 28 octobre 2019 – La communauté humanitaire en Haiti exprime sa préoccupation quant à la détérioration de l'accès aux populations pour les partenaires humanitaires, qui...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseThe Humanitarian Coordinator is concerned with ongoing severe restrictions to humanitarian access resulting from six weeks of social unrest
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 28th, 2019 – Humanitarian organizations in Haiti are concerned with the deterioration of access to communities, which limits their capacity to deliver assistance to...
Nigeria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock, Statement on the Humanitarian Situation in Borno, North-East Nigeria (25 October 2019)
UN Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock urged the government to implement wider measures to address the root causes of the crisis, after his visit to Borno state, Nigeria.
South Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSevere flooding affects hundreds of thousands, humanitarian community responding to immediate needs
(Juba, 25 October 2019): Abnormally heavy seasonal flooding has been devastating large areas of South Sudan since July, with an estimated 908,000 people affected. This includes internally displaced...
Nigeria
News and Press ReleaseHandover of UN House in Abuja Reaffirms the United Nations’ Commitment to Nigeria
Abuja, 24 October 2019 - Mark Lowcock, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, represented today the United Nations Secretary-General at the...
World
News and Press ReleaseJoint Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs, UNHCR, OCHA and IOM to mark the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Kampala Convention
Africa is marking today the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa. Also known as the Kampala...