Press releases and statements

Discours d'introduction Je vous remercie d'être ici dans la maison des Nations Unies, au lendemain de la visite du Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies. Sa visite nous a honoré, et comme il l'a dit,...

(New York, 25 August): The alarming scope and size of cholera outbreaks in the West African region this summer has prompted the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...

Bangui, 24th August 2005 -- Two weeks after floods devastated the Central African Republic's capital city of Bangui, thousands remain in need of aid, according to the United Nations country team,...

AFR/1238, IHA/1078 (Adapté de l'anglais) BANGUI, 24 août (OCHA) - Deux semaines après que des inondations aient ravagé Bangui, la capitale de la République centrafricaine, des milliers de personnes...

Asmara, Monday 22 August 2005 -- The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, Mr. Martti Ahtisaari arrives today in Asmara, Eritrea. During his two-day...

(New York, 17 August): Some 919,000 Somalis need urgent assistance through the end of 2005, according to a recently-concluded Food and Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) assessment in that country. In...

(New York, 16 August): Recent vulnerability assessments showing that 4.2 million to 4.6 million individuals remain at risk of food insecurity have prompted the United Nations system in Malawi to...

(New York, 10 August): The United Nations is providing emergency assistance to Bulgaria in response to recent, heavy flooding in that country. Heavy rains in recent days have worsened an already...

(New York, 9 August): The sharp increase in the number of reported malaria cases recorded in May and June - 18,911 cases of malaria, and 42 deaths - has prompted the Office for the Coordination of...

(New York, 9 August): With $26 million -- out of the $81 million required -- now committed to the revised Flash Appeal for Niger, the United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners operating...