Press releases and statements

An armoured ambulance vehicle carrying the Director of the Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services was directly attacked yesterday in Twaisha area in Qasr bin Ghashir neighbourhood, reportedly by...

Kabul, 9 May 2019 This year in Afghanistan Ramadan has got off to a very bloody start with civilians in various parts of the country yet again bearing the brunt of violence perpetrated by parties to...

Top UN officials for Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger warned that humanitarian needs had surpassed resources, as violence persists and risks spilling over into coastal West African countries.

Genève, le 8 mai - Les hauts responsables de l'ONU au Burkina Faso, Mali et Niger ont averti aujourd'hui que l'insécurité et les attaques armées dans le Sahel ont atteint des niveaux sans précédent...

An international conference on Ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Humanitarian Crises will take place in Oslo, Norway, 23-24 May 2019. The conference is hosted by the Norwegian Government...

On 5 May, a UN technical team led by WFP gained access to the Red Sea Mills as part of initial efforts to salvage a stock of 51,000MT of wheat flour stored at the facility.

Une conférence internationale intitulée « Mettre fin à la violence sexuelle et basée sur le genre dans les crises humanitaires » se tiendra à Oslo, en Norvège, les 23 et 24 mai 2019. La conférence...

WHO: Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Myanmar WHEN: 9-15 May 2019 WHERE: Yangon, Kachin State, Rakhine...

As we respond to the urgent needs generated by Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth, I would like to reiterate, on behalf of the entire Humanitarian Country Team in Mozambique, our Zero Tolerance policy...

WHO: Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Myanmar and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...