(New York: 21 June 2011): The treatment of civilians in South Kordofan, including the reported human rights abuses and targeting of people along ethnic lines, is reprehensible. We know that more than 70,000 people have been displaced. Many more may have fled from their homes and their condition is...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseStatement on South Kordofan, Sudan Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Afffairs Valerie Amos, 21 june 2011
Qatar + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseQatar Charity and UN Humanitarian Office launch first Stand-by Partnership Programme in the Middle East
(Doha/Cairo, 20 June 2011): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Qatar Charity today officially confirmed, during a signing ceremony in Doha, the Stand-By Partnership...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSummary of statement of Catherine Bragg to the Security Council on Sudan
I just briefed the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Southern Kordofan. In the State capital city of Kadugli, it is estimated that more than 70 percent of the population have been...
DR Congo + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseConférence de presse de Catherine Bragg, Sous-Secrétaire générale aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnatrice adjointe des secours d’urgence
Invitée du Point de presse aujourd’hui, après sa récente visite en République démocratique du Congo, Mme Catherine Bragg, Sous-Secrétaire générale aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnatrice adjointe...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseStatement on South Kordofan, Sudan by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Afffairs Valerie Amos - 15 June 2011
(New York: 15 June 2011): I am extremely alarmed by the violence that has engulfed South Kordofan in Sudan since 5 June and the increasing reports of civilians being targeted. Humanitarian...
DR Congo + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseAssistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Catherine Bragg: Statement on visit to DRC
Noon, 15 June 2011 Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen, My mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo in early June took place in some of the most troubled areas of the country, in South Kivu and...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleasePress conference by Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator on Democratic Republic of Congo
Watch the Webcast An estimated 30 per cent of those requiring humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was not being reached, said a top United Nations humanitarian official...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseStatement by Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos on the situation in Syria
(New York: 13 June 2011): I am deeply concerned about the violence over the past few months in Syria, which has reportedly killed 1,200 people and caused over 10,000 to flee the country. I call on...
Colombia
News and Press ReleaseDeputy UN Humanitarian Chief Ends Visit to Colombia
(Bogota/New York, 12 June, 2011): On the final day of her five-day mission to Colombia, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseOCHA briefs the informal Security Council Expert Group on the Protection of Civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On 6 June, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) briefed the informal Security Council Expert Group on the Protection of Civilians on the issues pertaining to the protection...