Press releases and statements

(Genève, 16 octobre 2015) – Plus de 1000 participants, venus du monde entier, ont aujourd’hui conclu trois jours d’intenses discussions sur le future de l’aide humanitaire, en consolidant et affinant...

The Geneva Global Consultation explored in-depth key action areas and themes which have emerged from previous consultations and presented in a synthesis report.

(Bangui, 15 October 2015): The Humanitarian Coordinator, Aurélien A. Agbénonci and the entire humanitarian community in the Central African Republic (CAR) strongly condemn the attack on a Doctors...

(Bangui, le 15 octobre 2015): Le Coordonnateur humanitaire, Aurélien A. Agbénonci et toute la communauté humanitaire en République centrafricaine (RCA) condamnent vivement l’attaque à l’encontre de...

(New York, 13 October 2015): The Head of Operations at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, John Ging, called today for renewed international commitment to address...

Khartoum, 13 October 2015. The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$ 15.1 million to Sudan to fill critical funding gaps in this country’s humanitarian response and provide...

Due to the El Niño phenomenon, the number of people in need of relief assistance increased to 8.2 million. An additional US$164 million is urgently needed for the remainder of 2015.

A monthly summary of activities by REACT members in Tajikistan NEW TECHNOLOGY INCREASES MONITORING & EVALUATION EFFICIENCY IN THE FIELD In September 2015, Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) in...

More than 600,000 people in southern and central Somalia and in Puntland are likely to be affected by flooding, which may result in disease and deterioration in food security and nutritional situations.

I am deeply disturbed by the news of civilians being killed by coalition air strikes that hit a wedding party in Yemen's Dhamar Governorate yesterday. The Ministry of Public Health and Population...