Press releases and statements

(Juba, 25 September 2014): So far in 2014, donors have contributed close to US$1.2 billion for humanitarian action in South Sudan, including over $980 million for projects in the South Sudan Crisis...

(Juba, 24 September 2014) United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations are launching the planning for the 2015 aid operation in South Sudan at the beginning of October. The planning is...

(New York, 23 September 2014) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, and Her Excellency Ms. Zoraima Cuello of the Dominican Republic, today...

Coordination/ Keys developments *Four suspected cases were negative after laboratory tests on two different samples and therefore discharged and declared "non-case", bringing down to 68 the total...

The number of cases is decreasing, the center of the epidemic is limited and the last suspected cases are from recorded and monitored contacts. So far, 71 cases and 40 deaths have been reported.

Before severe fighting broke out between Government forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in April 2013, some 150,000 people lived in the Abu Kershola locality of Sudan’s...

Ebola is a public health emergency. But it is much more than that. Today we are launching an overview of needs and requirements as one element of the response to the Ebola outbreak. It’s clear that...

(Geneva, 16 September 2014): The United Nations and its humanitarian partners today in Geneva launched a central contribution of the response to the outbreak of ebola in West Africa. “The ebola...

The restoration of salary payments, dispatching of medical supplies through the central system and resumption of the Public Distribution System for food will cover a significant part of the needs.

(Baghdad, Iraq, 14 September 2014): After concluding a three-day visit to Iraq, UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos said today that additional support is needed ahead of the long winter months for...