Press releases and statements

I am extremely concerned and disheartened over the resumption of fighting in Guinea-Bissau, and the collapse of the cease-fire which all parties have largely adhered for almost three months. This...

STATEMENT BY SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR I was pleased to learn from Ross Mountain, Assistant Emergency Relief...

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Sergio Vieira de Mello, is encouraged by reports that the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) initiated around 17 September continues...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has confirmed the postponement of the meeting of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Technical Committee on...

On 5 September 1998, the United Nations Secretary General launched an appeal for emergency relief and immediate rehabilitation for the flood affected people of Bangladesh. The international response...

Communiqué de Presse - IHA/663 Un rapport de l'ONU fait le point sur la réponse aux besoins des personnes déplacées par la guerre en Ethiopie New-York/Genève, le 8 septembre 1998 (Bureau de la...

Press Release - IHA/663 Issues Report on War-Displaced in Ethiopia GENEVA, 7 September (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations today appealed for $8.9 million to meet the urgent humanitarian...

Statement attributable to the USG for Humanitarian Affairs, Sergio Vieira de Mello Following the outbreak of conflict in Guinea-Bissau on 7 June 1998, UN agencies and other partners were evacuated...

The United Nations today appealed for $20.2 million to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of populations affected by the crisis in Sierra Leone, including those displaced within the country as well...

IHA/98/07 Experts tell committee meeting of the International Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction that El Niño is in its dying stage, warn that frequency and severity of natural disasters will...