La respuesta de $ 2 mil millones impactará a 51 países, incluidos los más vulnerables, y se enfocará en entregar equipos de laboratorio e instalar estaciones de lavado de manos, entre otras medidas.
Press releases and statements
The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.
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World
News and Press ReleasePlan Global de Respuesta Humanitaria para el COVID-19
World
News and Press ReleaseA global approach is the only way to fight COVID-19, the UN says as it launches humanitarian response plan
UN humanitarian chief warns that failing to help vulnerable countries fight the coronavirus now could place millions at risk and leave the virus free to circle back around the globe.
Libya
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Yacoub El Hillo, welcomes positive responses by Libyan parties to calls for a humanitarian pause and appeals for full facilitation of COVID-19 prevention and response efforts in Libya [EN/AR]
Tripoli – 22 March 2020 – The timing could not be worse for the threats of the COVID-19 pandemic to loom over Libya as a protracted conflict has already inflicted so much damage including loss of...
World
News and Press ReleaseUN Secretary-General to launch COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan
WHO: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseLa Communauté Humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo se mobilise en réponse à la pandémie de COVID-19
Kinshasa, 21 mars 2020 – La pandémie mondiale de Covid-19 touche désormais la République démocratique du Congo. Dans ce contexte, la communauté humanitaire s’organise pour continuer à répondre aux...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseResident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria condemns tragic killing of UNRWA staff member [EN/AR]
DAMASCUS, 19 March 2020 – The UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Mr. Imran Riza, expressed sorrow over yesterday’s killing of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Imran Riza, & Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, Kevin Kennedy – Joint Statement condemning interference in Syrian Arab Red Crescent humanitarian work in Idleb [EN/AR]
Damascus and Amman, 15 March 2020 The United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Mr. Imran Riza, and United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseJamie McGoldrick United Nations Resident Coordinator - Statement on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2020
Jerusalem, 8 March 2020 On this International Women’s Day, the United Nations acknowledges and celebrates the contributions of Palestinian women to the development of their communities. In this...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseSyria anniversary press release (6 March 2020)
UN Humanitarian Chief has issued a call for additional funding to get lifesaving help to as many people as possible across the whole of Syria, highlighting a devastating impact on the civilians.
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News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock Statement on northwest Syria, Hatay, Turkey, 3 March 2020
Civilians across northwest Syria are experiencing a grave humanitarian crisis. Military activity in the region has displaced nearly one million people since December. Most of them are women and...