Press releases and statements

New York, 23 November 2016 - Checked against delivery Mr. President and Members of the Council, Last month, I provided an overview of the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territory...

Statement on the resumption of life-saving assistance at the Jordan-Syria border: I welcome the resumption today of UN inter-agency humanitarian aid operations at the “berm” along the Syrian-Jordan...

Le Coordonnateur humanitaire a déclaré que l'enveloppe servira à répondre aux besoins immédiats de plus de 4 millions de personnes touchées par la crise humanitaire.

The resumption of assistance to 85,000 stranded Syrians comes at the start of the coldest period of the year. The area was sealed off after the June 2016 attacks on Jordanian military personnel.

(Tunis: 21 November 2016) The United Nations is extremely concerned by the continued worsening humanitarian situation in Ganfouda area in Benghazi due to increased hostilities over the past week. “I...

UN humanitarians and partners will not give up on the people of Aleppo, but the only solution, as has been said countless times before, is a political solution, Stephen O’Brien said.

Suva, Fiji 20 November 2016 When an emergency or natural disaster creates humanitarian needs, many countries will make available their military civil defence assets to assist affected Governments. In...

The United Nations is extremely saddened and appalled by the recent escalation in fighting in several parts of Syria and calls on all parties to cease indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian...

ISLAMABAD (19 November, 2016): Upon conclusion of a two-day visit to North Waziristan Agency, Neil Buhne United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan said he was impressed by...

Bangui, le 18 novembre 2016 - Le Coordonnateur humanitaire en République centrafricaine, Fabrizio Hochschild, a sensibilisé les représentants de la communauté internationale présents à la Conférence...