Press releases and statements

(New York, 14 January 2009): As part of United Nations efforts to meet the rapidly growing humanitarian needs of civilians caught in the fighting in Gaza, John Holmes, United Nations Under- Secretary...

Mr. President, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council. I will cover a number of urgent issues but the main focus today must be the conduct of hostilities and the need for strict...

(New York, 12 January 2009): As part of United Nations efforts to address the growing needs of an increasing number of Somali refugees in Kenya, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has...

$380 MILLION PLEDGED FOR 2009 AT HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE Member States, led by the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, met in New York on 4 December 2008 at the CERF high-level pledging conference to...

(New York/Nairobi, 7 January 2009): An estimated 9.1 million people in Central and Eastern Africa are currently internally displaced, while another 1.8 million people live as refugees across the...

(Nairobi, 5 January 2009) The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mark Bowden, today expressed grave concern at the civilian casualties and massive displacement resulting from fighting in...

(New York, 30 December 2008): The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has for the first time reached its $450 million annual funding target. The target was set by the United Nations General...

(New York/Geneva 23 December 2008): Disasters related to extreme weather events dominated the work of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) teams in 2008, while more...

(New York, 22 December 2008): Five incidents of harassment, confiscation of materials and vehicles, pillaging of relief supplies, and a deadly attack on an aid convoy in eastern Democratic Republic...

(New York, 19 December 2008): The serious cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe continues to spread. Several new areas of Harare and other towns and cities have recorded outbreaks this week, and the total...