Press releases and statements

(New York, 5 February 2015): Returning to New York after a week-long visit to Ebola-affected countries, John Ging, OCHA’s Director of Operations, today lauded the heroic work of all those responding...

Valerie Amos was speaking at a regional consultation meeting ahead of the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, which brings together representatives of governments, humanitarian relief organizations, the private sector and community organizations.

(Islamabad, 31 January 2015): A team from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) met with a cross section of displaced people from South and North Waziristan to...

The task of protecting civilians has become more onerous as conflicts have become increasingly vicious, with the brutalization of women a deplorable persisting trend, a senior UN relief official told the UN Security Council today.

Khartoum, 29 January 2015. The UK remains the largest donor to the Sudan CHF and has been a strong supporter since its inception in 2006, contributing over £300 million (US $525 million). UK funding...

(Mogadishu, 29January 2015): According to new assessment findings released today by the Food Security and Analysis Unit, managed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Famine Early...

OSCE AND UNDP PROVIDE TRAINING FOR AARHUS CENTRES AND ENVIRONMENTAL NGOs IN TAJIKISTAN ON RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION A two-day training course for Aarhus Centres and local...

A mission visited the overcrowded displacement site in Batangafo in north Central African Republic, which daily receives hundreds of people driven from their homes by violence.

Jerusalem, 23 January 2015 Today, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, James W. Rawley, expressed concern over the Israeli authorities’ recent spate of demolitions of Palestinian...