Press releases and statements

About 30 international offers of assistance had already been received by the United Nations in response to the destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis, which had struck Myanmar, killing thousands of...

M/08/11 The United Nations announced today that it was prepared to provide an initial grant from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to facilitate aid for survivors of the devastating tropical...

Khartoum, 6 May 2008: The Humanitarian Coordinator, Ms Ameerah Haq is deeply concerned about the reported attacks on civilian installations in North Darfur. The HC, who is in Oslo for the Sudan...

New York / Geneva / N'Djamena: 02 May 2008: Amidst increasing insecurity in eastern Chad, a staff member of the non-governmental organization (NGO) Save the Children - United Kingdom (SC-UK) was...

The High Level Committee, established by the Joint Communiqué on the facilitation of humanitarian activities in Darfur, met 24 April at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. The meeting, co-chaired...

(New York, 24 April 2008): 'Combatants appear to have little regard for the safety of civilians in Mogadishu, where residents have been traumatized by years of violence,' the United Nations...

Dakar, 18 avril 2008 : Le Bureau Régional des Nations Unies pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires (OCHA) et le Gouvernement du Sénégal (Direction de la Protection Civile du Ministère de...

(New York / Geneva / N'Djamena: 18 April 2008):The United Nations has announced today the imminent receipt of donations amounting to $ 5.8 million from the Government of the Kingdom of the...

I. CONTEXTE D'une manière générale, la situation sécuritaire est restée calme sur toute l'étendue de la province au cours de période sous considération. District du Haut-Katanga Lubumbashi De sources...

According to the most recent report of the Volcanologic and Seismologic Observatory in Popayán (April 15) and to DPAD's report, after the increasing activity registered between April 13 and 15 the...