Press releases and statements

Mogadishu (02 May 2013) – The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini, made the following statement today: The magnitude of the mortality figures today is truly unsettling. Almost...

(Yangon, 26 April 2013): The United Nations (UN) Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has provided $5 million in additional funding to provide life-saving assistance to some 69,000 people displaced...

Cette contribution permettra d’aider plus de 30 000 des refugiés soudanais et centrafricains, les retournés tchadiens ainsi que les personnes en insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle.

(New York, 25th April 2013) Communications technology is fundamentally changing the ways in which survivors of emergencies cope with crises, and humanitarians need to adapt, according to a report...

With the upcoming rainy season only weeks away and the hurricane season approaching, the group is stressing the urgency of integrating disaster risk reduction into better coordinated and locally driven initiatives.

Port-au-Prince, le 22 avril 2013 - Trois ans après le séisme dévastateur de 2010 à Port-au-Prince, les Champions politiques pour la résilience aux désastres appellent la communauté internationale et...

19 April 2013: Since 19 November 2012, a cholera epidemic has ravaged the city of Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo. Prior to the epidemic, heavy rains destroyed some 251 homes, damaged basic...

WHO: Valerie Amos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Haiti WHEN: 21 to 22 April 2013 WHERE: Port-au-Prince, Haiti UN...

Qui: Valérie Amos, Secrétaire générale adjointe aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonatrice des secours d’urgence Quoi: Visite en Haïti Quand: 21 - 22 Avril 2013 Où: Port-au-Prince, Haïti Valérie Amos...

Nine UN agencies that were close to suspending some underfunded humanitarian programmes have received a combined $275 million from Kuwait.