Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq deeply disturbed by reports of civilian deaths and injuries from crossfire and improvised mines, forced recruitment of children and the use of families as human shields.
Press releases and statements
The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.
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Iraq
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarians are deeply saddened by the deaths of civilians and renew calls to uphold International Humanitarian Law [EN/AR/KU]
CAR
News and Press ReleaseNote d’information Visite du SG adjoint Eliasson à M’Poko Novembre 2016
Le Secrétaire général adjoint Jan Eliasson apporte un message d’espoir aux deplacés du site de M’Poko Bangui, le 3 novembre 2016 – Dans le cadre d’une visite de 48 heures en République...
World
News and Press ReleaseCERF is projecting a shortfall of $25 million on the $450 million annual funding target for 2016
The funding shortfall may prevent OCHA's Central Emergency Response Fund from responding to emergencies during the end of the year and early 2017.
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O'Brien Statement to the Security Council on Yemen, 31 October 2016
This humanitarian catastrophe "is a man-made disaster, where conflict has exacerbated and exponentially increased the suffering of 50% of the Yemeni population", said Mr O'Brien.
World
News and Press ReleaseRegional Consultative Group on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination for Asia and the Pacific: Second Session 2016 Summary Report
Background A multi-stakeholder Regional Consultative Group (RCG) on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination for Asia and the Pacific was formed in 2014 to act as a regional forum that brings...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseStatement by Mr. Al-Za’tari, the UN Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria and Mr. Kevin Kennedy, the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Crisis in Syria, on Attack on UN Offices in Western Aleppo
Damascus and Amman, 31 October 2016 The United Nations strongly condemns an attack on the building where UN offices and staff are based in west Aleppo city. The UN presence in the building is long...
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News and Press ReleaseUN Humanitarian Chief Stephen O’Brien to visit four Gulf Cooperation Council States [EN/AR]
WHO: Stephen O’Brien, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates WHEN: 30 October – 8...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien Statement to the Security Council on Syria, 26 October 2016
Mr. President, Let me take you to East Aleppo this afternoon – in a deep basement, huddled with your children and elderly parents the stench of urine and the vomit caused by unrelieved fear never...
Nigeria
News and Press ReleasePress Statement by Peter Lundberg, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator A.I., 25th October 2016
(Maiduguri, Borno State: 25 October 2016) Nigeria is facing the worst humanitarian crisis on the African continent. Currently up to 400,000 children face starvation and citizens suffer with little or...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O'Brien Statement on Syria, 24 October 2016
I am deeply frustrated and saddened that the UN and its humanitarian partners have been forced to abort current plans to evacuate critically injured and sick people from eastern Aleppo city. The UN...