Highlights - Funding of US$ 4.76 million secured from Sudan's CHF, to respond to the most immediate needs. - 38,500 people currently in need and in receipt of food aid, but figure may soon rise...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseFloods in the Sudan: Progress Report # 01 - 12 Aug 2007
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseUN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia strongly condemns the killing of two journalists, harassment of the media and calls for end to impunity
Nairobi 12 August 2007 - UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Eric Laroche, has strongly condemned the killing of two prominent figures in the Somali independent media within hours...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseLack of funding hampers humanitarian efforts in Pakistan
(New York: 10 August 2007): More than six weeks after severe flooding occurred in Pakistan, caused by monsoon rains and Cyclone Yemyin, the United Nations has received less than one third of the $38...
Pakistan + 5 more
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations willing to provide up to $20 million for floods in South Asia
(New York: 10 August 2007): The United Nations is offering to step up its support to governments across South Asia as they respond to the enormous needs created by floods from heavy monsoon rains...
Sri Lanka
News and Press ReleaseUN Emergency Relief Coordinator meets the President of Sri Lanka
(New York, 9 August 2007): On the last day of his visit to Sri Lanka, John Holmes, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), shared his impressions on the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka
News and Press ReleaseUN Emergency Relief Coordinator confers with IDP returnees in eastern Sri Lanka
(New York, 8 August 2007): John Holmes, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), visited areas of eastern Sri Lanka where more than 160,000 civilians had become internally displaced between...
India + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseMillions affected by floods in South Asia
(New York: 7 August 2007): In-country United Nations agencies and programmes are working with the governments of flood-affected India, Bangladesh and Nepal, where tens of millions of people are in...
Sri Lanka
News and Press ReleaseSri Lanka: First anniversary of the killing of ACF staff in Muttur - Speech delivered by Mr. John Holmes, UN ERC
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen I stand here this afternoon, not only as the Emergency Relief Coordinator, but also in a sense as a representative of the global humanitarian community. I am here...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSudan floods: At least 365,000 directly affected, response ongoing
(Khartoum: 06 August 2007): Four weeks after torrential rains started to devastate many parts of the Sudan, the United Nations and partners, in support of the Government, have so far assisted up to...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin no. 1
Highlights - UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights visits Darfur, calls for more "positive action" by Government. - 500 hundred more households arrive in Zam Zam IDP Camp. Overcrowding worsens. - FAO...