Press releases and statements

According to the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, the number of reported civilian casualties in Sa’ada had been falling for the past three months with Monday's attack reversing that progress.

(New York, 29 July 2019): Dina, a teenager in Iraq, had her own bedroom before Daesh burnt down her home. Today, she shares a tent with 11 other family members in a camp for the displaced. Dina wants...

The Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in Libya Mrs. Bérangère Böell-Yousfi expresses her strong condemnation of the disgraceful shelling on Al-Alamain school and Az Zawiyah Field Hospital in Airport road...

The tragic shipwreck off the coast of Khoms yesterday, where nearly 150 people, including pregnant women and children, went missing is the worst Mediterranean tragedy of this year. Seeking asylum is...

The funds will enable NGOs and UN agencies to provide education for 41,000 children, integrated with protection, WASH services, shelter and core relief items for 97,800 people.

In a move ‘not compatible’ with international humanitarian law, the early-morning, large-scale operation forced families out of their homes, causing great distress among residents.

Gaziantep, 22 July 2019 The nightmare in Idleb is getting worse. Today saw one of the deadliest attacks on civilian areas that we have seen since the upsurge in fighting began almost three months...

Abuja, 19 July 2019 I am deeply disturbed by reports of an incident involving aid workers from International NGOs in northern Borno State. As details are still coming in and information has yet to be...

Today marks the 80th day since fighting escalated on 29 April. For 80 days people around the world have watched in horror as war planes and artillery shelling kill and injure civilians and destroy...

Tripoli, 18 July 2019 Acting Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Abdel-Rahman Ghandour, expressed his strong condemnation of attacks on health care in Libya. “The latest attack was on Tuesday 16...