(New York: 10 November 2003): Over the weekend, the Under-Secretary General for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, visited Kitgum and Gulu districts in northern...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Uganda
News and Press ReleaseUganda: The war against children
Lesotho + 4 more
News and Press ReleaseFood security remains critical in parts of Southern Africa says UN Humanitarian Affairs Office
AFR/749, IHA/819 NEW YORK, 7 November (OCHA) - In several countries in southern Africa, food security remains critical, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSudan: Displacement rises, access declines in Sudan, says UN Humanitarian Affairs Office
AFR/748, IHA/818 NEW YORK, 7 November (OCHA) -- The humanitarian situation in the Greater Darfur Region of western Sudan may emerge as the worst humanitarian crisis in the Sudan since 1988, the...
Eritrea
News and Press ReleaseVisit of the Special Envoy, Mr. Martti Ahtisaari to Eritrea
Asmara, Thursday, 6 November 2003 - Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa arrives in Asmara, Eritrea on 9 November 2003. The...
Israel + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseComment on Israel's announcement that closure will be eased in the West Bank
On 2 and 5 November, Israel announced that with the exception of Jenin and Nablus, its blockade of Palestinian towns in the West Bank will be relaxed (www.idf.il). The IDF said that Palestinians with...
World
News and Press ReleaseIntroductory statement and annotated agenda, Jan Egeland, USG for Humanitarian Affairs, and chairperson for the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction
Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF-8) 5-6 November 2003 Geneva Task Force members and observers, I am very pleased to be here in my new capacity as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and...
Indonesia
News and Press ReleaseOCHA responds to floods in Indonesia
(New York, 4 November 2003): The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has deployed a two-person team to Langkat district, North Sumatra. The team will help local authorities coordinate...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseNew fighting in DRC displaces thousands
(New York: 4 November, 2003): Fighting that erupted on Friday between a Mayi-Mayi militia and a Rwandan rebel group in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has...
Ethiopia
News and Press ReleaseRelief Bulletin: Weekly Humanitarian Highlights in Ethiopia 31 Oct 2003
MR. MARTTI AHTISAARI, SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT ETHIOPIA Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, will...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDRC: Vast humanitarian needs found from Uvira to Fizi, South Kivu
(New York, 31 Oct 2003) - A recent humanitarian needs assessment mission conducted jointly by several UN agencies has found widespread humanitarian needs in the region from Uvira to Fizi in South...