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Khartoum, 15 February 2016. The United Nations and partners have distributed food relief and other humanitarian aid to the 38,000 civilians – the vast majority women and children - who have been...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseKhartoum, 15 February 2016. The United Nations and partners have distributed food relief and other humanitarian aid to the 38,000 civilians – the vast majority women and children - who have been...
Syria
News and Press Release(New York, 12 February 2016) I welcome the news that the members of the International Syria Support Group have agreed to a cessation of hostilities in Syria. I urge the parties to the conflict to...
World
News and Press ReleaseSuva, Fiji, 12 February 2016 The Pacific’s humanitarian challenges have been placed front and centre of the agenda for May’s World Humanitarian Summit in a new report by the United Nations Secretary...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseOverall, 1.6 million Palestinians are moderately to severely food insecure; almost US$323 million of the funding sought is to enhance food security, and some US$112 million is for shelter.
oPt
News and Press ReleaseRemarks delivered on behalf of Robert Piper, Coordinator for Humanitarian and UN Development Activities for the occupied Palestinian territory Ramallah, 10 February 2016 Good morning everyone. On...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseRegarding the article: “Aiding Disaster: How the United Nations’ OCHA Helped Assad and Hurt Syrians in Need” (published 1 February 2016 in ‘Snapshot’, Foreign Affairs) Dr. Sparrow’s article...
South Sudan
News and Press Release(Juba, 9 February 2016): With humanitarian needs rising in South Sudan, the Humanitarian Coordinator has called for urgent funding to enable aid organizations to rapidly scale-up humanitarian action...
Syria
News and Press Release(New York, 8 February 2016) I am gravely concerned by reports that over 30,000 civilians have been displaced from Aleppo city and other areas in northern Syria over the past week, by heavy clashes...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseLatest assessment confirms persistently high and alarming levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, with an estimated 4.7 million people, nearly 40 per cent of the population, needing assistance.
South Sudan
News and Press Release(Juba, 5 February 2016): Following the adoption of the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Bill by the National Legislative Assembly, the humanitarian community has called on the Government of the...