Suva, 16 May 2016 Almost 200 humanitarian partners from across the Pacific are heading to Istanbul for next week’s first ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) where the region’s experiences in...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
World
News and Press ReleasePacific Islanders prepare to reshape aid at the World Humanitarian Summit
Syria
News and Press ReleaseJoint statement by ICRC and the United Nations in Syria [EN/AR]
"Daraya has been the site of relentless fighting for more than three-and-a-half years, and we know the situation there is desperate," said Yacoub El Hillo, UN RC/HC in Syria.
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseDrought continues to devastate communities in Puntland and Somaliland despite rains
(Mogadishu, 11 May 2016) - The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Peter de Clercq, has witnessed first-hand the impact of the devastating drought in parts of Puntland and Somaliland during his...
DR Congo + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUn an après leur arrivée en RDC, les réfugiés burundais nécessitent toujours assistance
Au cours des 12 derniers mois, plus de 22 900 réfugiés burundais sont arrivés en RDC dans la foulée des tensions politiques dans leur pays d’origine, dont 22 026 dans la seule province du Sud-Kivu...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseLe Fonds Humanitaire : Près de 900 millions de financements en 10 ans
Le Fonds Humanitaire en RDC est un outil essentiel de la réponse humanitaire permettant à la communauté humanitaire de répondre aux besoins essentiels et aux nouvelles situations d'urgence d'une...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseStatement by Rein Paulsen, Head of OCHA in DRC following the death of a humanitarian aid worker
Kinshasa, 07 May 2016, “The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the wider humanitarian community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are mourning the loss of a...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDéclaration de Rein Paulsen, Chef de bureau OCHA en RDC suite à la mort d'un travailleur humanitaire
Kinshasa, 07 mai 2016, “Le Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires (OCHA) et la communauté humanitaire en République démocratique du Congo pleurent la perte d’un travailleur humanitaire...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O'Brien Statement on Syria, 5 May 2016
I am horrified and sickened by the news of civilians killed today by air strikes that hit two settlements where displaced people had sought sanctuary, in Idleb Governorate, northern Syria. Initial...
World + 7 more
News and Press ReleaseStanding up for humanity: Our only choice - Statement by Humanitarian Coordinators in the Middle East and North Africa on the World Humanitarian Summit [EN/AR]
(Cairo, 5 May 2016): Millions of people in the Middle East and North Africa are enduring intolerable human suffering. Widespread violence, conflict and extremism in Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Syria and...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O'Brien Statement to the Security Council on Syria, New York, 4 May 2016
As delivered Mr. President, I want to thank USG Jeff Feltman for his briefing and I echo his and the call of so many others that the carnage in Aleppo and in the wider Syria must stop and that we...