(Islamabad/New York, 8 July 2009): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today visited Peshawar, Mardan and Swabi, in Pakistan's...
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Press releases and statements
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief visits displaced families in Pakistan
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief arrives in Pakistan: "We must pull out all the stops"
(Islamabad/New York, 7 July 2009): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today completed the first day of a four-day visit to...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations lauds Pakistani relief efforts
(Islamabad/New York, 2 July 2009): "The everyday people of Pakistan are the real heroes of this current crisis in Pakistan," said Martin Mogwanja, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for...
World
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) 2008 Annual Report
Foreword: A year of challenges It is my pleasure to present to you the 2008 Annual Report for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). For the millions of people affected by natural...
Iraq
News and Press ReleaseUN agencies provide humanitarian assistance to some 2.5 million Iraqis in 2008
(Baghdad/New York, 24 June 2009): The United Nations and partner aid organisations provided humanitarian assistance to more than 2.5 million Iraqis in 2008 through the Consolidated Appeals Process...
Iraq
News and Press ReleaseUN trains Iraqi aid organisations on humanitarian response fund
(New York/Talil, 22 June 2009): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Iraq trained 31 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from southern Iraq on...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseSpiralling violence in Central African Republic's North East
New York/ Bangui 22 June 2009: Dawn attacks on the 21st of June on the town of Birao in the Central African Republic (CAR)'s remote north east have emptied the town of most of its population, left 3...
Kenya + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates over $4 million for humanitarian assistance to refugees in Kenya
Eighty-five percent of all of Kenya's 320,000 refugees are now sheltered in three congested camps at Dadaab in Kenya's Northeastern Province. However, conditions have only deteriorated as Somali...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDR Congo: Additional US $38 million urgently needed to assist war affected civilians in North and South Kivu
(Kinshasa/New York, 17 June 2009:) Humanitarian actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo appealed today for US $38 million in life-saving assistance for nearly one million civilians whose already...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseRD Congo : 38 millions de dollars US requis pour assister les civils dans le Nord Kivu et Sud Kivu
Kinshasa, New York, 17 juin 2009 La communauté humanitaire a lancé ce 17 juin un appel pour 38 millions de dollars US afin d'apporter de l'aide à près d'un million de personnes dont les conditions de...