Press releases and statements

(New York, 25 September 2019) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock today thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for $500 million in funding to...

Bamako, 25 septembre 2019 - Les agences humanitaires des Nations Unies au Mali s’inquiètent profondément face à la dégradation de la sécurité dans la région de Tombouctou et rappellent que cette...

Sana’a, 24 September 2019 – Twenty-two civilians have been killed in two separate air strikes in the past two days. The first incident occurred on 23 September in Al Sawad, in Amran Governorate when...

KABUL, 19 September 2019 – I am deeply concerned to learn of today’s attack in Zabul in the south of the country which caused severe damage to a hospital. Reports indicate that 15 people have died...

Following a cholera outbreak in Sudan’s Blue Nile state, which has killed six people, the United Nations and its humanitarian partners have stepped in to improve people’s access to safe water. At...

The Humanitarian Coordinator calls on all parties to abide by IHL and to protect civilians, civilian infrastructure and humanitarian personnel. She also appeals to donors to scale up funding.

Bangui, le 17 septembre 2019 - La Coordinatrice humanitaire en République centrafricaine, Mme Denise Brown, a déclaré que les affrontements dans la ville de Birao, au nord-est du pays dans la...

Kinshasa, le 13 septembre 2019 : Le Coordonnateur Humanitaire des Nations Unies en République démocratique du Congo, M. David McLachlan-Karr, se déclare aujourd’hui très inquiet suite à une série...

Up to six million people are projected to be food-insecure over the coming months ... And climate-related events will continue to have deleterious effects, said OCHA chief.

Damascus,12 September 2019 – Yesterday, the United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) finalized the delivery of much-needed humanitarian assistance to 15,000 internally displaced Syrians...