Press releases and statements

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...

Nine million children are at risk of suffering from acute malnutrition or wasting. Of these, 2.6 million children could face Severe Acute Malnutrition and require critical nutrition treatment.

BEIRUT, 10 November 2023 – For more than a month, the world has been watching the unfolding violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory with shock and horror, as we witness the...

Yaounde, 10 November 2023 – The Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator (USG/ERC), Martin Griffiths, approved the allocation of US$6 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund...

(Juba, 10 November 2023) I condemn in strongest terms the latest attack targeting humanitarians on 6 November, when a South Sudanese national aid worker contracted by an international nongovernmental...

STATEMENT BY THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, DENISE BROWN, ON YESTERDAY'S ATTACKS HITTING A CIVILIAN VESSEL ENTERING PORT OF PIVDENNYI I am outraged to learn of an attack yesterday on a...

The UN and partners estimate 1.6 million people could be affected by flooding in the current deyr rainy season, with 1.5 million hectares of farmland potentially being destroyed.

Today we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the devastating impact of Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which struck the Philippines on 8 November 2013, resulting in over 6,300 deaths and the...

(Port Sudan, 7 November 2023) The Statement of Commitments adopted in Jeddah today by the parties to the conflict in Sudan marks a moment of truth for the country. The promises made by the Sudanese...

In 15 herding communities across the West Bank, at least 98 households (828 people), including 313 children, have been displaced amid settler violence or movement restrictions since 7 October.