Nairobi (27 February 2004) -- The United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Somalia are appealing to donors for US $111 million for the year 2004 to fund a...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseAgencies appeal for US$111m to help the Somali people, plus additional funds for drought
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSudan: Relief supplies being stolen from recipients in Darfur
(New York: 27 February 2004) - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan's Darfur region report that armed militias are robbing them of the aid they have received from UN agencies and...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseThousands in Somalia threatened by food shortages
(New York, 27 February 2004): More than 200,000 people in Somalia's northern and central regions face extreme food shortages due to a prolonged drought considered the worst in 30 years, a new report...
Lesotho + 5 more
News and Press ReleaseMillions of children's future blighted by funding crisis in Southern Africa
GENEVA (February 26, 2004) -- The future of millions of children in six southern African countries is being put in jeopardy by a massive lack of funds and international support for crucial aid...
Morocco
News and Press ReleaseUN team arrives at Moroccan quake site
(Geneva, 25 February 2004): A United Nations Disaster and Coordination Assessment (UNDAC) team has arrived in Morocco after a powerful earthquake killed more than 550 people in northern part of the...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseUN team leaves for Sudan
(New York, 24 February 2004): Today, on behalf of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Humanitarian Partnership (IHP) is dispatching three United Nations...
Uganda
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations mission arrives in Lira, Uganda
(New York: 24 February 2004): A United Nations mission with staff from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and UNICEF arrived today in Lira, Uganda to assess the situation...
Liberia
News and Press ReleaseEmergency campaign against yellow fever in Liberia
(Monrovia: 24 February 2004), Liberia International health agencies announced Tuesday that they were joining forces with the Liberian government to combat a yellow fever emergency in this bruised and...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseLack of fuel disrupting life in northern Haiti
(Port-au-Prince, 24 February 2004): Serious shortages of fuel are badly affecting every day life in north and northwest Haiti. This was one conclusion of the recent inter-agency mission that...
Uganda
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations appalled by brutality against civilians in Northern Uganda
(KAMPALA, 23 February 2004) - It is with profound sadness that the United Nations system learnt of the tragedy in Lira. The United Nations condemn the brutal attack on Saturday against the Barlonyo...