Press releases and statements

A projected 2.7 million people are in direct need of urgent humanitarian assistance in the country. The funds will support agencies in supplying water and sanitation, healthcare, nutrition and protection, among other needs.

(Sa'ada, 8 August 2015) The escalation of the conflict in Yemen has a devastating impact on civilian populations, as I witnessed in Sa'ada earlier this week. The violence has forced a large number of...

WHO: Stephen O’Brien, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Yemen and Djibouti WHEN: 9-13 August 2015 WHERE: Sana'a, Aden, Amran...

These funds will help provide people with emergency shelter, safe water supply, sanitation, food, critical health care and other services, at a time when they are in desperate need.

As of today, over 387 metric tonnes of food, 620,000 water treatment tablets, and other relief items have been distributed. More than 330,000 people have been affected and 88 killed.

US$70 million has been released from CERF for eight chronically underfunded aid operations to help millions of people forced from their homes by violence and instability.

(Baghdad, 28 July 2015): The Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Ms. Lise Grande today welcomed a contribution of US$10 million from the Government of Japan for life-saving and...

As delivered Mr. President, When I last reported on the situation in Yemen in a closed session of the Security Council on my second day in post on 2nd June, I described Yemen as a looming...

Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Security Council, With much regret, my inaugural statement to the Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria continues where my predecessor left off,...

The humanitarian community’s ability to scale up and reach those in need will only be possible if parties to the conflict provide rapid, safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to all people in need, says Johannes Van Der Klaauw.