Please be advised that the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is producing up-to-date humanitarian maps on the Cyclone Nargis disaster in Myanmar. The maps are updated as...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Myanmar
News and Press ReleaseMedia advisory: Humanitarian maps on Myanmar cyclone crisis
Ethiopia
News and Press ReleaseHuge food aid shortfall amid worsening drought-related food crisis in Ethiopia
(New York, 19 May 2008): Failed rains and the current drought in large areas of Ethiopia have triggered massive food shortages that have left up to 3.4 million in need of life-saving humanitarian aid...
Myanmar
News and Press ReleasePress conference on Myanmar by Emergency Relief Coordinator 14 May 2008
With aid arriving in Myanmar in increasing quantities, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator urged the country's Government to allow international relief workers into the area affected by...
Myanmar
News and Press ReleaseMyanmar: Increased response to needs of cyclone survivors urgently required
(Bangkok/New York, 13 May 2008): While relief supplies are starting to reach the cyclone-devastated areas in Yangon and the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar, 1.5 to 2 million affected people are...
Myanmar
News and Press ReleasePress conference on Myanmar by Emergency Relief Coordinator
Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s press conference on Myanmar by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes: Thank you very much...
Myanmar
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian agencies jointly request $187 million for Myanmar Cyclone relief effort
(New York, 9 May 2008): Relief agencies today issued a joint flash appeal for $187 million to fund an emergency humanitarian effort to help an estimated 1.5 million people in Myanmar who are...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseSomalia: UN humanitarian chief condemns the killing of WFP-contracted driver
(New York, 8 May 2008): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today condemned the killing of a UN World Food...
Myanmar
News and Press ReleasePress conference by Emergency Relief Coordinator on humanitarian situation in Myanmar
In the wake of the devastating Cyclone Nargis, the humanitarian situation in Myanmar was growing increasingly desperate with nearly 1.5 million people severely affected and a real danger that an even...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief condemns the killing of WFP-contracted driver in Somalia
(New York, 8 May 2008): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today condemned the killing of a UN World Food Programme -...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseLe fonds commun Pooled Fund attribue une première allocation de 60 millions de dollars américains pour l'assistance humanitaire en RDC
Kinshasa, le 7 mai 2008 - Le Pooled Fund vient de finaliser l'identification des projets d'assistance humanitaire qui seront financés par la première allocation de l'année 2008. Le montant global de...