Press releases and statements

In probably the most complex emergency in the world today, Somalia faces its worst humanitarian crisis in eighteen years, with half the population or an estimated 3.64 million people in need of...

(Jakarta/New York, 14 October 2009): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today visited the earthquake-affected area of the...

On 29 September 2009, Typhoon Ketsana hit southern Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), sweeping through Attapeu, Sekong, Saravan, Savannakhet and Champassack Provinces. Several villages located...

(Manila/New York, 12 October 2009): United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes arrived in the Philippines today on a two-day mission...

(Islamabad/New York, 12 October 2009): A high-level United Nations mission has travelled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on behalf of all humanitarian agencies working in Pakistan, to discuss how...

HIGHLIGHTS: - NICARAGUA: PAHO called on all sectors of the country to combat the dengue outbreak. - BOLIVIA: The European Commission allocated 150,000 Euros (approximately 221,740 US dollar) for...

CERF has made an allocation of nearly $5 million in response to the torrential rains that fell in September on the capital city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 150,000 people are currently affected,...

(Sana'a/New York/Dubai, 11 October, 2009): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes, today concluded his three-day mission...

(Sana'a/New York/Dubai, 9 September, 2009): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes, today visited Mazrak camp in Haja...

Close to 220,000 people including 165,000 children under age five and 9,000 pregnant and lactating women will benefit from a $2.2 million allocation from CERF to support humanitarian agencies working...