Press releases and statements

(Caracas, 19 de agosto de 2019): El Día Mundial de la Asistencia Humanitaria rinde homenaje a los trabajadores humanitarios de todo el mundo quienes arriesgan su vida para ayudar a salvar y mejorar...

Humanitarian organisations are now urgently appealing for US$52 million, to address time-critical needs for the remainder of 2019. Less than 30% of funds requested have been mobilized.

(Manila, Philippines, 19 August 2019): Every day, women humanitarian workers in the Philippines stand in the front lines ready to brave tremendous dangers and difficulties to deliver assistance to...

Sana’a, 19 August 2019: Humanitarians across Yemen are renewing their call to end the conflict in Yemen on World Humanitarian Day. “Every humanitarian working in Yemen knows that the only solution to...

The UN and its partners launched the #WomenHumanitarians global campaign to raise support for the work women do to save lives and alleviate human suffering.

Juba, 19 August 2019: On World Humanitarian Day, the Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou, said more needs to be done to address the risks faced by women humanitarians and combat...

Today, aid workers and their donor and diplomatic colleagues gathered in Gaza city to mark World Humanitarian Day (WHD). This year, WHD is dedicated to honouring women humanitarian workers. “Women...

From the conflict-affected zones of Darfur region or Blue Nile State to the most food-insecure areas of Red Sea or North Kordofan states, every day, in every part of Sudan, the strength and...

Khartoum, 18 Aug 2019. Tomorrow, 19 August, on World Humanitarian Day, we join the humanitarian community around the world to celebrate and honour aid workers who are braving dangers, difficulties...

Today we mark World Humanitarian Day to honour aid workers around the world and in Nigeria, who often risk their own lives to help save and improve that of others. These everyday heroes are working...