Press releases and statements

The US $50 million allocation will ensure an integrated response across humanitarian sectors in 27 high-priority districts at risk of famine, as well as in areas where conflict has recently escalated.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Peter de Clercq, bemoaned the unannounced destruction. Over 23 IDP settlements, housing over 4,000 IDP households, were destroyed.

Mogadishu, 1 January 2018: The Deputy Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr Peter de Clercq, has expressed deep concern over reports of...

Jerusalem, 28 December 2017 Today, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory released a summary of data collected during...

The parties to the conflict have an obligation to spare civilians and civilian infrastructure as required by international humanitarian law, says Jamie McGoldrick.

I remain deeply concerned about the ongoing crisis in Yemen, where more than 22 million people need humanitarian assistance – 8.4 million of whom are already on the edge of starvation. Attacks on...

Par Hannah Powell Losada Burundi - Egide* est un riziculteur d'un village rural de l'ouest du Burundi. Chaque soir, il retourne chez lui après de longues heures de travail dans les champs. Mais il y...

By Hannah Powell Losada Burundi - Egide* is a rice farmer from a rural village in western Burundi. Each evening he travels back to his home after many long hours of working in the fields. But there’s...

(New York, 22 December 2017) This December, 32 young women stood in the heart of New York's holiday festivities and performed a new take on the holiday classic, "Silent Night." As people gathered for...

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