Press releases and statements

Baghdad, 29 April 2019 - The humanitarian community in Iraq is appealing for US$701 million this year to support 1.75 million highly vulnerable people, including a million internally displaced...

On Sunday, Mark Lowcock released a US$13 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund to provide life-saving food, shelter, health, water and sanitation assistance.

UN humanitarian leaders highlight urgent need for safe and sustainable solutions for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and note efforts to help create conditions conducive to return.

“Cyclone Kenneth may require a major new humanitarian operation at the same time that the ongoing Cyclone Idai response remains critically underfunded,” the relief chief warned.

Since 18 April, at least 36 civilians have been killed and dozens more injured in the violence, including a reported 17 civilians killed as a result of an “unidentified” explosion in a market.

Abuja, 22 April 2019 – The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the families, colleagues and friends of two aid workers who...

New York, 17 April 2019: Tens of millions of people around the world have been driven out of their homes by war, hunger, earthquakes and other perils. Among the most vulnerable are 40 million people...

This allocation will provide food, health, and relief items to civilians caught up in the escalating fighting in Libya, including vulnerable migrants and refugees.

Today we mark the twenty-first anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and take stock of our plan to ensure the principles are applied to protect and empower millions of...