By John Holmes Published in Al-Ahram I was recently in Gaza, one of the world's most densely packed places and today, a firmly sealed human pressure cooker. The deepening distress of the people I saw...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
oPt + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseOPT: Gaza - Hope not hatred
Madagascar
News and Press ReleaseInternational humanitarian community seeks $30million for 239,000 people affected by cyclones in Madagascar
(Johannesburg/Antananarivo/New York: 4 March 2008): The international humanitarian community is seeking more than $30 million to support the Government of Madagascar in providing relief to 239,000...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSudan: UN urges immediate protection for civilians in west Darfur and guaranteed humanitarian access for agencies
Khartoum 3 March 2008: After two visits to communities affected by recent fighting in West Darfur, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan Ameerah Haq and representatives of UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, WHO...
Sri Lanka
News and Press ReleaseSri Lanka: Aid community issues humanitarian plan
(New York, 3 March 2008): The Interagency Standing Committee Country Team in Sri Lanka has issued a Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) for humanitarian and early recovery assistance during 2008...
Ethiopia
News and Press ReleaseFocus on Ethiopia - Feb 2008
HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE: -REGIONAL OVERVIEW - NEWS: POOR RAIN FORECAST FROM MARCH TO MAY UPCOMING & ONGOING MEETINGS Focus on Ethiopia is produced by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...
Bolivia
News and Press Release$18 million needed to assist Bolivians as floods continue
(La Paz/New York, 25 February 2008): The United Nations appealed on Friday, 22 February, on behalf of the Government of Bolivia for more than $18.2 million in order to provide critical humanitarian...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSudan: UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan calls for Assistance and Protection of Civilians in West Darfur
Khartoum 24 February 2008: The Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) for Sudan Ameerah Haq recently returned from a visit to West Darfur where she and representatives of UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP and WHO as well as...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseOver 15% of women and girls subjected to sexual violence in the Central African Republic's crisis zones
(New York/Geneva/Bangui, 22 February 2008): Several thousands of women and young girls have endured rape and other sexual violence in the conflict-torn north of the Central African Republic (CAR)...
Chad + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseCameroon: United Nations allocates $4.7million for Chadian refugees
(New York/Geneva/Yaoundé: 22 February 2008): The United Nations has announced today the allocation of $4,720,260 from the donor-supported Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to meet the...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief calls for restraint, protection of civilians in Darfur, Sudan
(New York, 18 February 2008): Today, as Government of Sudan aircraft resumed aerial bombardments near Abu Sarraw in West Darfur, United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and...