Press releases and statements

India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia are among the pivotal states identified as climate change "hotspots"-- countries particularly vulnerable to the increase in extreme drought, flooding, and...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 22 August 2008): An estimated 30,000 people have been affected by floods in and around southern Chad's town of Sarh. They have lost essential domestic goods or their...

(N'Djamena / New York / Genève: 22 août 2008): Environ, 30 000 personnes sont affectées par les inondations à Sarh et dans les localités environnantes dans le sud. Elles ont perdu des biens...

Nairobi/Geneva, 18 August 2008 - An innovative mobile laboratory developed by the Netherlands to support international response to environmental emergencies was officially inaugurated by the...

(New York, 18 August 2008): Relief agencies today issued a joint Flash Appeal for $58.6 million to fund the emergency effort to help tens of thousands of people affected by the crisis in Georgia. The...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 17 August 2008): The United Nations has organized two civil-military coordination workshops in Chad last week, in an endeavour to further improve the efforts of...

(N'Djamena: 16 August 2008): A media trip was organized by the United Nations last week, from 04 to 07 August, to visit Central African refugees near Chad's southern town of Goré. Three Chadian...

Pooled Fund Depuis 2001, le territoire de Kabare dans le Sud-Kivu accueille de nombreux refugiés qui fuient les viols et les violences perpétrés pendant la guerre. Cette situation perdure jusqu'à ce...

(New York, 13 August 2008) - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today deplored the tragic killing of four aid workers from...

I have been deeply concerned about the wellbeing of thousands of civilians in Georgia and the surrounding areas that have been caught up in this conflict. The latest figures indicate that as many as...