As prepared for delivery Mr. President, Excellencies, Thank you for this opportunity to brief Member States on the latest humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. As you know, fierce hostilities...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
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News and Press ReleaseMr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator - Informal Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Humanitarian Situation in the Gaza Strip - Virtual, Friday, 17 November 2023 [EN/AR/HE]
oPt
News and Press ReleaseLes responsables humanitaires de l’ONU ne prendront part à aucune proposition unilatérale visant à créer des « zones de sécurité » à Gaza − Déclaration des directeurs du Comité permanent interorganisations
New York/Genève/Rome – En tant que responsables humanitaires, notre position est claire : nous ne participerons pas à la création de « zones de sécurité » à Gaza sans l’accord de toutes les parties,...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseStatement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Humanitarian chiefs will not take part in unilateral proposals to create “safe zones” in Gaza [EN/AR/HE]
Under the prevalent conditions, proposals to unilaterally create "safe zones" in Gaza risk creating harm for civilians, including large-scale loss of life, and must be rejected.
oPt
News and Press ReleaseLos jefes de organizaciones humanitarias no participarán en propuestas unilaterales de crear "zonas seguras" en Gaza - Declaración de los directores del Comité Permanente entre Organismos
Nueva York / Ginebra / Roma - Como responsables humanitarios, nuestra posición es clara: no participaremos en el establecimiento de ninguna "zona segura" en Gaza que se cree sin el acuerdo de todas...
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News and Press ReleaseMartin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator - Full Transcript of Press Encounter, 15 November 2023, Geneva
The reason I wanted to speak to you was to outline to you something very specific about Gaza, of course, which is about the approach being taken and planned by the United Nations and other...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseThe carnage in Gaza cannot be allowed to continue. Here are the steps to rein it in [EN/AR/HE]
The plan is comprehensive, and we are determined to push for every step, but we need broad international support. The world must act before it is too late - UN Under Secretary-General Martin Griffiths.
World
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian Coordination Forum established to facilitate coordinated, principled humanitarian action, and strengthen the African Union’s leadership on humanitarian action in Africa
(Addis Ababa, 15 November 2023): As the world continues to face an unprecedented scale of overlapping crises, Africa bears the brunt with more than 47.7 million Africans either internally displaced,...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseLa Coordonnatrice Humanitaire par intérim, préoccupée par la multiplication des incidents sécuritaires touchant les acteurs humanitaires dans l’Est de la République démocratique du Congo
Kinshasa, le 14 novembre 2023 : Des sources humanitaires rapportent que dans la matinée du 13 novembre, des individus armés ont attaqué un convoi humanitaire dans le territoire de Fizi au Sud-Kivu...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseActing Humanitarian Coordinator expresses concern over increasing security incidents targeting aid workers in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Since January, more than 217 security incidents have directly targeted aid workers, causing at least three deaths and around 20 injuries. Nearly 30 aid workers have been abducted so far in 2023
Ukraine + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseBrutal attacks on Ukrainian civilians and health care are utterly unacceptable and must cease immediately [EN/UK/RU]
STATEMENT BY THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, DENISE BROWN, ON ATTACKS IN KHERSON I am utterly outraged and profoundly disturbed by the brutal attacks this afternoon in the centre of...