Press releases and statements

UN Headquarters, New York, 17 April 2019 As delivered Mr. President, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Security Council. Well before the latest developments in Sudan, humanitarian needs in...

12 April 2019 Military confrontation in Libya continues to cause civilian death, injury and misery. Indiscriminate artillery shelling on densely populated and residential areas in Al- Swani in the...

Le Secrétaire général adjoint aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnateur des secours d'urgence, Mark Lowcock, a approuvé jeudi l'octroi de 125 millions de dollars du Fonds central d'intervention...

The allocation will help more than nine million people in 13 underfunded emergencies. A total of $24 million will go to projects helping over two million people in need of immediate protection across 10 countries.

This allocation will provide food, livelihood, nutrition, health, water, sanitation to more than 800,000 people affected by a worsening economic crisis and food insecurity in seven states.

Abuja, 10 April 2019 – The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, calls on the Government of Nigeria to provide humanitarian assistance to and protect up to 10,000...

Humanitarian actors in Libya are heavily concerned by continued fighting around and in the capital, Tripoli, and the devastating consequences on civilians. The Humanitarian Coordinator alongside the...

The upsurge in violence is further increasing the misery of refugees and migrants arbitrarily detained in detention centres in areas of active conflict, says the Humanitarian Coordinator.

Sana’a, 8 April 2019 –Preliminary reports indicate that on 7 April as many as eleven civilians, including five students, were killed and scores of civilians injured in Shu’aub District in Sana’a...

(KYIV, 4 APRIL 2019) - On the International Mine Awareness Day, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Ms. Osnat Lubrani calls for the greater protection of millions of...