Press releases and statements

WHO: Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to the Central African Republic WHEN: 29 August to 4 September 2019 ...

QUI: Ursula Mueller, Sous-Secrétaire générale aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnatrice adjointe des secours d’urgence QUOI: Mission en République centrafricaine QUAND: 29 août au 4 septembre 2019 ...

Of the 34 major aid programmes, only three are funded for the entire year. Several have been suspended, 22 will close in the next two months unless funding is received.

Abuja, 20 August 2019 - Marking the tenth anniversary of World Humanitarian Day, aid workers in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, as well as in the capital Abuja, have gathered on 19 August to raise...

Juba, 19 August 2019: On World Humanitarian Day, the Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou, said more needs to be done to address the risks faced by women humanitarians and combat...

Humanitarians are a community of committed people. For Augusta Maita, endearingly referred to as Mama Maita by the people of Mozambique, this commitment means saving lives and doing as much as she...

By Basma Ourfali Joumana, aged 36, was born and raised in Aleppo and studied accounting and information technology. Between 2007 and 2014, she worked with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), and...

(Caracas, 19 de agosto de 2019): El Día Mundial de la Asistencia Humanitaria rinde homenaje a los trabajadores humanitarios de todo el mundo quienes arriesgan su vida para ayudar a salvar y mejorar...

Humanitarian organisations are now urgently appealing for US$52 million, to address time-critical needs for the remainder of 2019. Less than 30% of funds requested have been mobilized.

(Manila, Philippines, 19 August 2019): Every day, women humanitarian workers in the Philippines stand in the front lines ready to brave tremendous dangers and difficulties to deliver assistance to...