Press releases and statements

Based in New York, Mark Lowcock (UK) began his tenure on 1 September as the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Khartoum, 31 August 2017. The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and the Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF) have together allocated US$21 million to address the most critical...

Mogadishu, 31 August 2017 — The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, today expressed concern about the continued threat of famine in Somalia, whilst praising the collective efforts...

Note: Due to the Summer Holiday break, this update covers July and August, 2017. All public GPP documents are available on the ‘Agenda for Humanity’ (A4H) website, in the initiatives section -...

As delivered Thank you, Mr President, and Eid Mubark to you all, distinguished representatives of the Security Council. I also thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for his determination and skill...

Kasaï : augmentation continue des financements L’agence de développement du gouvernement américain, USAID, a annoncé un financement de plus de 8 millions dollars US pour la réponse au Kasaï, un...

The funds will sustain and scale up critical aid operations in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Chad and Sudan, where life-saving needs are alarmingly high but funding is critically low.

Part of the allocation will bolster the UN’s emergency fuel operation which supplies fuel to generators to maintain operations in around 190 critical health, water and sanitation installations.

Damascus and Amman, 22 August 2017 Ali Al-Za'tari, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, and Ramesh Rajasingham, the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria a.i, express their deep concern over...

New York, 21 August 2017 As delivered Mr. President, Distinguished Representatives, As I noted in my remarks to the Security Council on Friday, I have been deeply moved by the terrible, entirely...