The humanitarian situation in Gaza is catastrophic; it is amongst the worst we have witnessed and will likely only get worse as hostilities continue. The large majority of the civilian population is...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
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News and Press ReleaseAqaba Process Joint Statement on Gaza’s Humanitarian Situation [EN/AR]
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News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory: Launch of the 2024 Global Humanitarian Overview
Transforming Humanitarian Action: People at the Centre On the occasion of the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2024 (GHO), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...
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News and Press ReleaseStatement of the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lynn Hastings, 4 December 2023 [EN/AR/HE]
The 7-day ceasefire brought respite to everyone; hostages were reunited with their families and desperately needed aid went into Gaza. We need more of this; all hostages released and considerably...
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News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory: High-Level Pledging Event for the Central Emergency Response Fund in 2024
WHO: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Member States WHAT: High-Level Pledging Event for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2024 WHEN:...
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News and Press ReleaseMs. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator - COP28 Side Event: Role of CERF in the climate crisis and launch of the CERF Climate Action Account
Dubai, 3 December 2023 As delivered Welcome, everyone, to the Humanitarian Pavilion for this dialogue on the role of the Central Emergency Response Fund, or CERF, in the climate crisis. Since its...
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News and Press ReleaseMs. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator: Accelerating Climate Action and Finance to Countries and Communities Facing Multifaceted Crises
COP28 Side Event Accelerating Climate Action and Finance to Countries and Communities Facing Multifaceted Crises: Launch of the COP28 Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery and Peace Dubai, 3...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria ad interim, Mr Sudipto Mukerjee, on the militarization of Ebreha water plant, Deir-ez-Zor Governorate [EN/AR]
Damascus, 1 December 2023 – I am deeply alarmed over the current militarization of a water facility in Ebreha town, Deir-ez-Zor Governorate. Ebreha water station is a raw water plant, which supplies...
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News and Press ReleaseStatement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on Gaza [EN/HE]
New York, 1 December 2023 The past week offered us a glimpse of what can happen when the guns fall silent. The situation in Khan Younis today is a shocking reminder of what happens when they don’t. ...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseSomalia in the midst of disaster as devastating rains and floods spread
Mogadishu, 30 November 2023 – Six months after Somalia emerged from a historic drought that pushed the country to the brink of widespread famine, another climate shock has struck as heavy rains and...
Ethiopia
News and Press ReleaseJoint Statement by Ambassador Shiferaw Teklemariam, Commissioner of the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission and Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia on unprecedented floods
(Addis Ababa, 28 November 2023) In recent weeks, an estimated 1.5 million people in Ethiopia have been affected by ongoing floods and 600,000 displaced, intensifying the suffering of communities yet...