Press releases and statements

Sana’a, 19 August 2019: Humanitarians across Yemen are renewing their call to end the conflict in Yemen on World Humanitarian Day. “Every humanitarian working in Yemen knows that the only solution to...

The UN and its partners launched the #WomenHumanitarians global campaign to raise support for the work women do to save lives and alleviate human suffering.

Today, aid workers and their donor and diplomatic colleagues gathered in Gaza city to mark World Humanitarian Day (WHD). This year, WHD is dedicated to honouring women humanitarian workers. “Women...

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...

From the conflict-affected zones of Darfur region or Blue Nile State to the most food-insecure areas of Red Sea or North Kordofan states, every day, in every part of Sudan, the strength and...

Khartoum, 18 Aug 2019. Tomorrow, 19 August, on World Humanitarian Day, we join the humanitarian community around the world to celebrate and honour aid workers who are braving dangers, difficulties...

Today we mark World Humanitarian Day to honour aid workers around the world and in Nigeria, who often risk their own lives to help save and improve that of others. These everyday heroes are working...

An attack in Idlib province led to the deaths that add to the grim total of more than 500 civilian fatalities documented by the UN over the past three and a half months alone.

Today, the United Nations (UN) in Palestine celebrates International Youth Day under the global theme, “Youth Engagement for Global Action”. This year’s theme seeks to put the spotlight on the ways...

Preliminary reports indicate that as many as 40 people have been killed and 260 injured.