Sana’a, 30 January 2018: I am very concerned at the outbreak of violence in Aden, which, since 28 January, continues to negatively impact the safety and the protection of the civilian population and...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen Ad Interim, Stephen Anderson, on the Situation in Aden [EN/AR]
Syria
News and Press ReleaseAssistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Ursula Mueller, Statement to the Security Council on Syria, 30 January 2018
New York, 30 January 2018 Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on the humanitarian situation in Syria. Years of conflict have caused immeasurable human...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseStatement by Panos Moumtzis, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, on Attacks on Health Services and Staff in northern Syria [EN/AR]
I am appalled by the ongoing attacks on hospitals and other medical facilities in northwestern Syria, depriving hundreds of thousands of people of their basic right to health. On the morning of 29...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory: UN Humanitarian and Development Chiefs’ Mission to Somalia
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock and United Nations Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner will travel to Somalia on January...
Ethiopia
News and Press ReleaseUN's Global Emergency Response Fund provides US$10 million to help most vulnerable in Ethiopia
Released from the Central Emergency Response Fund, the assistance will help the most vulnerable people displaced due to the conflict along the borders of the Oromia and Somali regions.
Cameroon + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseLancement du plan de réponse humanitaire (HRP 2018) pour le Cameroun : Allocution de Mme Allegra Baiocchi, Coordonnateur Résident du Système des Nations Unies et Coordonnateur Humanitaire [FR/EN]
Allocution de Mme Allegra Baiocchi, Coordonnateur Résident du Système des Nations Unies et Coordonnateur Humanitaire Monsieur le Ministre de l’Administration Territoriale et de la Décentralisation,...
Ethiopia
News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory: UN Humanitarian and Development Chiefs' Mission to Ethiopia - 27-29 January 2018
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock and United Nations Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner will travel to Ethiopia from...
South Sudan
News and Press ReleaseAssistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Ursula Mueller Statement to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan
New York, New York 24 January 2018 As delivered Mr. President, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan. Since the briefing provided...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseDiscours du Coordonnateur humanitaire - Lancement du Plan de réponse humanitaire pour la RCA
Bangui, 24 janvier 2017 Excellence Monsieur le Premier Ministre, Madame la Ministre de l’Action Humanitaire et de la Réconciliation Nationale, Mesdames et Messieurs les représentants du Corps...
CAR
News and Press ReleasePlus de la moitié de la population en Centrafrique aura besoin d’une assistance humanitaire en 2018
Bangui, le 24 janvier 2018 – La crise humanitaire qu’a traversé la République centrafricaine l’année dernière se poursuit. En raison des violences perpétrées par les groupes armés, plus d’un...