Press releases and statements

(Baghdad, 17 October 2017): In the past 48 hours, an estimated 61,200 people have been displaced in areas around Kirkuk. Humanitarian partners have dispatched mobile health clinics and are providing...

Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director...

Invitation to the press Media representatives are invited to cover the international donor Pledging Conference for the Rohingya Refugee Crisis on Monday 23 October in Geneva, Switzerland. Invited by...

The Government, over 30 UN agencies and NGOs are providing assistance to communities in the northern, southern and western sectors of the Nineveh Plains a year after they were retaken.

In the east, millions of people are without basic supplies and are unable to move freely to access critical services. The dire situation requires urgent humanitarian funding.

One year on from the start of the battle for Mosul, 673,000 Muslawis are still displaced; 274,000 are living in camps and emergency sites and 400,000 are staying with family, friends or in rented accommodation.

New York, 10 October 2017 Thank you, Mr. President, Last month, Yemen entered the third year of this armed conflict with no clear end in sight. The human cost of this conflict has been devastating:...

WHO: Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs/Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ms. Ursula Mueller WHAT: Mission to Ukraine WHEN: 10-13 October 2017 WHERE: Ukraine: Kyiv and field...

With number of people in need of assistance at a record high more funding will be required (New York 9 October 2017): Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator...

(Baghdad, 9 October 2017) – Although the United Nations is relieved that fighting in and near Hawiga in Kirkuk Governorate is ending, humanitarian partners remain deeply concerned about the safety of...