New York, 1 November 2023 Scores of civilians have reportedly been killed in Gaza following recent attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp. This is just the latest atrocity to befall the people of Gaza...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
oPt + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseThe crisis in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory is a global crisis - Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, following his two-day visit to Israel and the oPt [EN/AR/HE]
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Yemen Press Release - CERF Allocation $20M [EN/AR]
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$20 million for the urgent needs of people affected by the multidimensional humanitarian crisis in Yemen. In September 2023, the...
oPt + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseMs. Lisa Doughten, OCHA Director of Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division, on Behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths
Briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question Thank you, Mr. President. New York, 30 October 2023 As delivered I am delivering this statement on behalf of Emergency...
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News and Press ReleaseEmergency Relief Coordinator visits Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 30 October 2023
Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has commenced a visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. In a social media post earlier today, Mr. Griffiths said Palestinian and Israeli...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseMs. Edem Wosornu, OCHA Director of Operations and Advocacy, on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths
Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria 30 October 2023 As delivered Thank you, Mr. President In recent weeks, the world’s attention has been fixed on the crisis in...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseStatement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the opening of the Jeddah talks - Sunday, 29 October 2023 [EN/AR]
The Jeddah talks cannot have started soon enough. More than six months since the start of the crisis in Sudan, the humanitarian tragedy in the country continues to unfold unabated. Thousands of...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Humanitarian Coordinator on the death of detained humanitarian worker [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 28 October 2023 – This statement is attributable to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly. I am deeply dismayed to learn of the death of a staff member of Save...
Kenya + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory: UN Deputy Humanitarian chief to visit Southern, Eastern Africa
(New York, 27 October 2023) The Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya, will arrive in Mozambique’s capital Maputo on Saturday, 28...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseThe Humanitarian Coordinator in the DRC calls to maintain the humanitarian space amidst growing violence against civilians
Kinshasa, 25 October 2023: Humanitarian sources have reported that more than twenty civilians were killed, and several others wounded in an armed attack on the population of Oicha, in the territory...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lynn Hastings, on the protection of all civilians in Gaza (26 October 2023) [EN/AR/HE]
Jerusalem, 26 October 2023 The IDF continues to notify people in Gaza City that those who stay in their homes will put themselves in danger. In some cases, the notification urges people to go to a...