Press releases and statements

Nairobi (4 October 2005) - The United Nations has strongly condemned the killing of UN staff member and Somali national Mohamuud Musse Gurage in Kismayo, Lower Juba Region, which occurred last night...

FLOOD-AFFECTED POPULATIONS TO BENEFIT FROM OPERATIONAL CHANGE Bangui (Central African Republic), 4th October 2005 -One month from the inception of a United Nations project to distribute clean water...

(New York, 3 October): Typhoon Damrey, which came ashore on the eastern coast of Viet Nam one week ago, prompted the evacuation of some 600,000 persons and caused extensive damage throughout the...

Le Coordonnateur Humanitaire est fortement préoccupé par le report répété des dates des examens prévues initialement pour le 12 septembre 2005 dans les zones sous contrôle des Forces Nouvelles. En...

(New York, 30 September): Some 2700 internally displaced persons who have sought shelter at the Catholic mission in Duékoué, a town in western Cote d'Ivoire, have been informed by local authorities...

The Humanitarian Coordinator in Côte d'Ivoire reminds national and local authorities that any attempt to forcefully expel the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) currently residing at the Catholic...

Le Coordonnateur Humanitaire en Côte d'Ivoire tient à rappeler aux autorités nationales, locales et à toutes les parties concernées, que toute tentative d'évacuer de force les Personnes Déplacées de...

Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said he would like to touch today upon three important humanitarian issues. One was the issue of...

A "National Workshop on the Care and Maintenance of Transitional Shelter Sites," was held 23 September at Colombo's Galle Face Hotel under the auspices of the Sri Lankan Government's Transitional...

Chers Partenaires, Les Nations Unies ont convoqué cette conférence de presse afin d'apporter des précisions sur la crise alimentaire au Niger suite au reportage choquant diffusé par la chaîne...