Press releases and statements

Sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence continues to remain a major source of concern in the daily lives of women, men, girls and boys across Syria.

(Moscow, 24 November 2017): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock today wrapped up his first official visit to the Russian...

Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator visit to Turkey - 27 November to 1 December 2017 WHO: Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs...

WHAT: Release of 2018 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) WHEN: Tuesday, 21 November, 2017 WHERE: Amman, Jordan Close to seven years on, the scale, severity, and complexity of needs across Syria remain...

La communauté humanitaire au Yémen s’insurge du maintien du blocus, par la coalition menée par l’Arabie Saoudite, du fret humanitaire et commercial pourtant essentiels à la survie de la population...

(N'djamena, le 16 novembre 2017): Le Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnateur des secours d’urgence, M. Mark Lowcock, a approuvé l’allocation de 11...

(N'djamena, 16 November 2017): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, has approved the allocation of US $ 11 million...

The humanitarian community in Yemen is outraged by the continued blockade by the Saudi-led coalition of humanitarian and commercial supplies desperately needed for the survival of the Yemeni...

(Juba, 13 November 2017): The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou, has welcomed President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s decree ordering free, unimpeded and unhindered movement of...

The man-made humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen is getting worse. Prior to the closure of Yemen’s borders, over two and a half years of conflict had transformed Yemen into the world’s largest food...