Press releases and statements

Jerusalem, 13 June 2007- United Nations organisations working in the occupied Palestinian territory, are gravely concerned about the spiralling violence in the Gaza Strip, which has claimed 59 lives...

(New York: 13 June 2007): The United Nations has approved $5.7 million in grants from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for the United Nations agencies responding to the crisis in Lebanon. ...

(Johannesburg: 12 June 2007): Nearly 400,000 people face severe food shortages due to Lesotho's most severe drought in the last 30 years , according to a UN report. The report, issued by the United...

(New York, 12 June 2007): The United Nations is deeply concerned about the death of a staff member of Médecins sans Frontières near Ngaounday in northwest Central African Republic (CAR) on 11 June...

(New York: 11 June 2007): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes will visit Seoul, Republic of Korea, and Tokyo, Japan, in the...

Summary - Inter-tribal conflict between Dinka in Lakes State and the Agar in Warrap State. - Tensions in Rumbek over non-payment of teacher salaries. - Insecurity increasing in Eastern Equatoria. -...

Kinshasa, le 6 juin 2007 - « Je vous réitère l'invitation, à vous qui jouez un rôle central dans vos communautés, qui entretenez des rapports étroits et privilégiés avec tous leurs membres, qui...

Kinshasa, 6 June 2007 - "I reiterate the invitation -- to those of you who are playing a central role in your communities, who have direct and privileged links with all their members, and who have...

Esteemed Ministers, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen. We are here today to offer our leadership and expertise to one of the increasingly urgent - but eminently solvable - challenges we...

(New York: 5 June 2005): More than 4 million people in southern Africa are facing serious food shortages, according to a UN report. The report, issued by the United Nations Food and Agriculture...