(New York, 19 September 2007): A recent United Nations inter-agency mission to Ethiopia's Somali Regional State observed that humanitarian conditions within the conflict areas have deteriorated...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Ethiopia
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations mission observes deteriorating situation in parts of Somali region of Ethiopia
Ghana
News and Press ReleaseUN team helps assess flooding in northern Ghana
(New York, 18 September): Today, United Nations emergency staff of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team arrived in Tamale in northern Ghana, where they have...
Ghana
News and Press ReleaseFloods in Ghana: United Nations involved in joint assessment in the North
Accra, 18 September 2007 - Floods in Ghana have affected 260,000 people and killed 20 people in three regions in the northern parts of the country, according to Government. On 11 September, State...
Nicaragua
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations launches Flash Appeal for Nicaragua
(New York, 14 September 2007): The United Nations today launched a Flash Appeal to help meet mounting emergency needs in Nicaragua, after category-five Hurricane Felix made landfall on 4 September,...
CAR + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseThousands flee violence along CAR-Chad border
(New York, 14 September 2007): The entire population of some 12,000 people has now fled from their homes in the area between the towns of Markounda and Silambi, in the north of the Central African...
Indonesia
News and Press ReleaseUN team: Emergency operations not required in Indonesia
(New York, 13 September 2007): A series of earthquakes struck Indonesia today, following an initial 8.4 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra the previous evening. The United Nations (UN)...
Indonesia
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations assessment team to offer support following Sumatra earthquake
(New York, 12 September 2007): Early Thursday morning, a United Nations assessment team will fly to Bengkulu from Aceh with humanitarian supplies, following Wednesday evening's 8.4 magnitude...
Colombia + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseCERF September Newsletter 2007
Pledges & contributions The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is pleased to acknowledge the receipt of six new contributions totaling $962,522.33 (as of 30 August). The...
Guinea
News and Press ReleaseCholera persists in Guinea: Death toll reaches 135
Conakry 11 September 2007: At the weekly meeting of the National Crisis Committee on Epidemics on 6 September 2007, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Public Health noted that there was a...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief calls for political solution for DRC
(New York, 10 September 2007): On 11 September, 2007 Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes will brief the Security Council on his mission...