Press releases and statements

Humanitarian community addressing needs of those missing; health, food aid and temporary shelter prepositioned for distribution. (Kabul, 9 March 2012): The Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan,...

(New York/Geneva, 7 March 2012) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has deployed a four-member United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination team...

(Bangui / Genève / New York, 6 mars 2012) « La République Centrafricaine (RCA) fait face à un des plus forts déficits de financement humanitaire dans le monde, et ce malgré une situation humanitaire...

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(New York, 5 March 2012) The Syrian authorities have confirmed that I can visit Syria this week. I will arrive in Damascus on Wednesday 7 March and leave on Friday 9 March. As requested by the...

BACKGROUND INFORMATION Afghanistan faces enormous recovery needs after more than two decades of war, civil unrest and recurring natural disasters. Despite recent progress, millions of Afghans still...

(Bangui/Geneva/New York, 5 March 2012) The Central African Republic (CAR) faces one of the worst funding shortfalls in the world despite a deteriorating humanitarian crisis, warned OCHA’s Operations Director John Ging at the end of his three-day mission to the country. “The European Commission...

(Manila/Bangkok, 5 March 2012): United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the Philippines, Jacqui Badcock, and donor representatives travelled to areas severely affected by Tropical Storm Washi in...

2 March 2012: The north of Cameroon is located in the Sahel region and experienced droughts in 2009 and 2011 and floods in 2010. Each of these years has resulted in a high degree of crop failure,...

(New York, 29 February 2012) I am deeply disappointed that I have not been able to visit Syria, despite my repeated requests to meet Syrian officials at the highest level to discuss the humanitarian...