Press releases and statements

This year’s appeal for Mali seeks $377 million to address the most pressing needs. It is the second-highest appeal of the nine countries of the Sahel region. To date, only 33 per cent has been met.

(Bamako, le 14 août 2015) - Le Coordonnateur humanitaire régional pour le Sahel, M. Toby Lanzer, termine une mission de cinq jours au Mali. A l’issue de sa première visite au pays depuis sa prise de...

World Humanitarian Day storytelling campaign calls for greater sense of global citizenship using the power of social media (New York, 13 August 2015) – The social media pages of millions of people...

World Humanitarian Day storytelling campaign calls for greater sense of global citizenship using the power of social media (New York, 13 August 2015) – The social media pages of millions of people...

(Pyongyang/Bangkok, 13 August 2015) A long period of abnormally dry weather affecting DPR Korea has resulted in drought, impacting agricultural production, reducing access to water and leading to a...

Needs are enormous but only 18% - or $282 million - of the $1.6 billion requested by the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan have been received, warns Stephen O'Brien.

(Yangon, 12 August 2015) Today I returned from Kale Township in Sagaing Region, where I visited communities affected by the floods and observed ongoing relief efforts. I was joined by government...

(Mogadishu, 12 August 2015): The newly appointed Deputy Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, has just completed his...

Mogadishu, 11 August 2015 — Today marks the one-year anniversary of the last reported case of polio in Somalia. To mark the occasion, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for...

(Bangui, 10 août 2015): Le Fonds humanitaire commun (CHF) en République centrafricaine (RCA) a alloué 13,2 millions de dollars pour apporter une assistance vitale aux personnes déplacées par la...