Press releases and statements

High-Level Conference on CERF set for 4 December 2008 The annual High-Level Conference on CERF will be held on Thursday, 4 December 2008. The event will take place in the Economic and Social Council...

(New York, 10 November 2008): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes expressed his heartfelt condolences to the relatives and friends of the...

(New York, 10 November 2008): United Nations agencies in partnership with nongovernmental organizations today appealed for $11.5 million to enable them provide humanitarian aid to an estimated...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 07 November 2008): Malnutrition among children under five is very high in Chad's western Kanem region, according to the results of a survey conducted under the...

(New York, 3 November 2009): John Holmes, the United Nations Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, strongly condemns the abduction today of an aid worker...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 03 November 2008): Worsened insecurity during October has caused a deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the area of Dogdoré in eastern Chad, approximately 30...

(New York, 31 October 2008): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of 16 members to the Advisory Group of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), including...

(New York, 30 October 2008): In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, tens of thousands of men, women and children have had to flee following the latest intense fighting between rebels belonging to...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 30 October 2008): The world's major experts on poliomyelitis (also known as polio for short) have met earlier this month in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, to discuss...

(New York, October 30 2008): United Nations agencies and non-governmental organisations today requested more than $17 million to fund emergency relief projects for hundreds of thousands of people...