Watch the Webcast Marking World Humanitarian Day this morning, top United Nations officials recognized the sacrifices made by humanitarian workers around the globe, but stressed that it was also...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
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News and Press ReleasePress conference by senior United Nations officials on World Humanitarian Day
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News and Press ReleaseStatement to Press by Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos, World Humanitarian Day, Press conference, New York, 19 August 2011
Thank you very much and I’m very pleased to be here talking about World Humanitarian Day with my colleague Tony Lake of UNICEF. Today, World Humanitarian Day, is the day that the United Nations and partners mark events around the world, and we’re doing that from Australia to Afghanistan, in...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDéclaration du Coordonnateur Humanitaire à l’occasion de la Journée Mondiale de l’aide humanitaire 2011
Mesdames, Messieurs et chers partenaires dans l’action humanitaire En ce jour commémoratif de la Journée mondiale de l’aide humanitaire, nous honorons les travailleurs humanitaires et les remercions...
Somalia + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseFood Security Crisis in the Horn of Africa: How to Help [EN/AR]
BACKGROUND ■ 12.4 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance in Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. ■ Famine has been declared in five regions of South Central Somalia and refugees...
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News and Press ReleaseThird World Humanitarian Day pays tribute to "People Helping People"
Every year, humanitarian disasters cause immense suffering for millions of people – usually the world’s poorest, most marginalized and vulnerable individuals. And every year, Humanitarian aid workers, men and women from all cultures and backgrounds strive and risk their lives to ease suffering...
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News and Press ReleaseTroisième Journée mondiale de l’aide humanitaire en hommage aux « Hommes au service de l’humanité »
Face aux nombreuses crises humanitaires qui, chaque année, imposent d’immenses souffrances à des millions d’êtres humains – souvent parmi les plus pauvres et les plus vulnérables - les travailleurs...
Somalia + 2 more
News and Press ReleasePress conference by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs on situation in Horn of Africa
Watch the Webcast While humanitarian aid was reaching hundreds of thousands in the drought-devastated Horn of Africa, a still more extensive scale-up was needed, said the United Nations Emergency...
Libya
News and Press ReleaseExplosive Remnants of War: A constant danger to civilians in the Nafusa Mountains
The on-going hostilities in the coastal areas and parts of Libya has led to civilian deaths and injuries, and caused a serious disruption to civilian lives. The UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon on...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseEpidémie de cholera à Kinshasa : une prise en charge gratuite pour sauver des vies
(Kinshasa, RDC, 15 août 2011) – Jeannine se sent mieux. Cela fait déjà cinq jours qu’elle est hospitalisée au Centre de traitement de cholera (CTC) de Maluku, dans la périphérie de la ville de...
Somalia + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief completes three-day mission to Kenya and Somalia
(Nairobi, Kenya, 14 August 2011) The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Ms Valerie Amos, has just completed a three-day mission to...