Press releases and statements

IHA/922 NEW YORK, 14 July (OCHA) - Today, the Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) launched its 2004 version of "Living with Risk: A global review...

(NEW YORK: 14 July 2004) United Nations agencies have requested just under US$ 1 million, to meet the needs of 5,751 people affected by the recent floods and mudslides in Nicaragua. The appeal,...

AFR/984, IHA/921 NEW YORK, 2 July (OCHA) - Slow progress in Liberia's reconstruction is due to the failure of donors to contribute the $540 million they pledged at a donors' conference in New York in...

La population en rêvait, la communauté humanitaire l'a réalisé. Le train devant relier le Kantanga au Maniema est arrivé à Kindu mardi dernier après cinq jours de voyage. Une foule s'était pressée à...

AFR/981, IHA/920 NEW YORK, 28 June (OCHA) - In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 20 aid agencies lost an estimated $1.5 million in humanitarian supplies, equipment and vehicles due to recent...

The humanitarian community in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) set up a strategy in order to continue its activities in this part of the country. Humanitarian aid has been...

La communauté humanitaire à l'est de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) a posé ce week-end des stratégies devant lui permettre de continuer ou de reprendre ses activités dans cette partie du...

(NEW-YORK / GENEVA: 15 June 2004) The United Nations need US$ 2.25 billion until the end of the year to address the critical needs of 49.4 million people affected by 25 crises in Africa, Europe and...

Close to 80 % of humanitarian aid, which covers an estimated 3.3 million vulnerable people in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been suspended as a direct result of the...

Près de 80 % de l'aide humanitaire couvrant 3, 3 millions de personnes vulnérables à l'est de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) a été suspendue. Cette situation découle directement des...