IHA/1071 (Reissued as received.) VIENNA, 8 August (UN Information Service) - Over the last few years, large-scale conflicts in places such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Darfur and the Democratic Republic of...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
India + 6 more
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations Humanitarian Assistance: Transition from Relief to Development
Niger
News and Press ReleaseNiger: $81 million needed for worsening situation
(New York, 5 August): The United Nations today called for just under $81 million in humanitarian aid for Niger to combat the worsening crisis gripping the country. In addition to increasing the...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian office reports large number of IDP returning to Bunia, DR Congo
AFR/1225 IHA/1069 BUNIA, 3 August (OCHA) -- A large number of internally displaced persons in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo regional capital of Bunia are returning home, thanks to the...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDR Congo: Humanitarians facilitate voluntary return of IDPs from Bunia
Bunia, 3 August 2005 - A large number of internally displaced persons in eastern DRC's regional capital of Bunia are returning home, thanks to the significant advances made by UN peacekeepers,...
Côte d'Ivoire
News and Press ReleaseCôte d'Ivoire : Le Coordonnateur Humanitaire déplore vivement et condamne les attaques et tueries qui ont eu lieu dans les villes d'Anyama, d'Agboville, d'Azaguié, de Dimbokro et de Bongouanou
Le Coordonnateur Humanitaire condamne les attaques et tueries qui ont été perpétrées par des individus armés non encore identifiés successivement dans les villes d'Anyama, d'Agboville, d'Azaguié, de...
Liberia
News and Press ReleaseLiberia: Report on IDP returnee monitoring, Bong County
Together with one LRRRC field monitor an IDP returnee monitoring mission was undertaken on 25 July 2005 to Jorquelleh district in Bong County with the aim of finding out how the returnees are doing...
Niger + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseHighlights of the press conference by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs on 22 July in Geneva
Jan Egeland, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, in his opening statement to a press conference held today at the Palais des Nations...
Kenya + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseCross-border attack by militia leaves 44 dead, including 21 schoolchildren, in Kenya
(New York, 13 July): An attack on the village of Turbi, in the Masarbit district of Kenya, reportedly carried out by some 500 well-armed members of the Gabre militia, which is reportedly based in...
Haiti + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseCategory IV Hurricane Dennis responsible for 23 deaths in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba
(New York, 12 July): Hurricane Dennis, which struck Haiti on 7 July, and Cuba from 7 to 9 July, as a category IV hurricane, has killed at least eleven in Haiti, and ten in Cuba. The storm, which...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDR Congo: Pour ou contre les civils : l'ambiguïté Mayi-Mayi
Les Mayi-Mayi, considérés par eux-mêmes comme « des patriotes congolais », seraient-ils en train de perdre leur raison d'être en s'éloignant de leurs buts premiers qu'étaient la protection des civils...