Geneva, 18 July 2007 - The United Nations launched a USD 38 million Flash Appeal today in Geneva to assist hundreds of thousands of people in southwest Pakistan struggling to survive widespread...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseHundreds of thousands of flood survivors in Southwest Pakistan in desperate need of assistance
Somalia + 37 more
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian aid fund grants $201 million in the first half of 2007
(New York: 17 July 2007): From getting medical treatment, building material and food to Afghan refugees to providing helicopters for distributing food in Sudan, the United Nations Central Emergency...
Benin + 14 more
News and Press ReleaseAfrique de l'Ouest : l'appel 2007 des Nations Unies pour une aide humanitaire n'a reçu que 38 % des fonds requis
Dakar, 17 juillet 2007 : L'appel de fonds lancé par les Nations Unies pour couvrir les besoins en aide humanitaire des pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest en 2007 (CAP Afrique de l'Ouest 2007) n'a reçu à ce...
Afghanistan + 8 more
News and Press ReleaseCERF July Newsletter 2007
Pledges & contributions The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is pleased to acknowledge the receipt of six new contributions totalling $17,780,360.51 as of 29 June. The...
Congo + 8 more
News and Press ReleaseConsolidated Appeals Process: At mid-year, $2.5 billion global shortfall in aid
(Geneva, 17 July): Six months after the launch of the Humanitarian Appeal 2007, the United Nations, the International Organisation for Migration, and 220 non-governmental aid organisations still...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseOPT: Critical economic situation in Gaza
(New York: 16 July 2007): Almost no raw materials were imported into Gaza between 3 to 9 July due to continued border closures, halting $370 million worth of construction in the Gaza Strip. Some $93...
Burkina Faso + 7 more
News and Press ReleaseSystème International de Prévention et de Réponse aux Catastrophes Naturelles : Atelier pour les pays francophones et lusophones de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
Bamako/Dakar, 13 Juillet 2007 : Le Bureau Régional des Nations Unies pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires (OCHA) et le Gouvernement du Mali (Direction de la Protection Civile du Ministère...
Lesotho
News and Press ReleaseKingdom of Lesotho declares food situation a 'crisis'
(Johannesburg: 11 July 2007): The Kingdom of Lesotho yesterday declared a food security emergency in the country and appealed for international assistance. The crisis is precipitated by the country's...
Israel + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseOPT: Food, fuel, cash reach the Gaza Strip, but continued closures threaten economic sustainability
(New York: 11 July 2007): The passage of humanitarian imports into Gaza is helping to meet some of the minimum food needs in the territory, but with three quarters of Gazan factories closed or...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseGovernment, aid community assessing damages in Pakistan
(New York, 10 July 2007): In the province of Balochistan, around 5,000 villages affected by flooding and the aftermath of Cyclone Yemyin suffered severe disruption of electricity, water and...