WHO: Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Zimbabwe and Malawi WHEN: 27 February-1 March in Zimbabwe and 1-2 March in Malawi ...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Zimbabwe + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock to Visit Zimbabwe and Malawi
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseUSD 4.2 billion needed to provide life-saving assistance to 21.4 million people in Yemen in 2019 [EN/AR]
Eighty per cent of the entire population - 24.1 million people - requires some form of humanitarian assistance or protection: Ten million people are a step away from famine and starvation; seven million are malnourished.
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseNine civilians are killed and at least 13 injured in attacks in Hodeidah and Hajjah [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 22 February 2019 – Reports from Hodeidah confirmed that on 19 February, 8 civilians were killed and another 10 people injured when an artillery shell landed on Al Azeeb market in the Al...
Libya
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Maria Ribeiro, on the Humanitarian Mission to Derna, 22 February 2019 [EN/AR]
Tripoli, 22 February 2019 The United Nations was able to conduct on 21 February its first humanitarian mission to the Eastern Libyan city of Derna in over 5 years, where fighting recently ceased...
World + 9 more
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, Delivering better outcomes for women and girls in humanitarian crises, 22 February 2019
"The world’s humanitarian agencies do a good job in saving lives and reducing suffering among people caught up in conflict. But we do not do a good enough job for women and girls." - OCHA USG
South Sudan + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseSouth Sudan Humanitarian Coordinator Leads High-Level Mission to Yei
Juba, 22 February 2019 – The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou, led a high-level delegation of UN agencies and nongovernmental organizations to Yei town in...
Cameroon + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUn soutien international est urgent pour repondre aux besoins humanitaires au Cameroun
Yaoundé, le 20 février - Les besoins humanitaires au Cameroun ont augmenté d'un tiers cette année en raison de la recrudescence de l'insécurité et de la violence, laissant une personne sur six -...
Cameroon + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUrgent support needed to respond to Humanitarian Needs in Cameroon
More than one million people are living as refugees or IDPs, twice as many as one year ago, making Cameroon one of the fastest growing displacement crisis in Africa; three million are food insecure.
oPt
News and Press ReleaseAssistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller - Statement to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the oPt, 20 February 2019
New York, 20 February 2019 As delivered Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to update the Council on the humanitarian implications of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory. As...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory: High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
WHAT: High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen hosted by the United Nations and the governments of Switzerland and Sweden. WHEN: 26 February 2019, 10.00 – 17.00. Press briefing...