(Islamabad / New York / Geneva: 05 December 2010): On the final day of her four-day mission to Pakistan, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Pakistan
News and Press ReleasePAKISTAN: STILL MORE TO DO - UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseAFGHANISTAN: UN DEPUTY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR MEETS ISAF, HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY IN KANDAHAR
(Kabul, 4 December 2010): Catherine Bragg, the UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, visited Kandahar, Afghanistan as part of a mission to...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleasePAKISTAN: EMERGENCY FAR FROM OVER IN THE SOUTH AND SUFFERING MUST BE STOPPED: UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF
(Islamabad / New York / Geneva: 03 December 2010): On the second day of her four-day visit to Pakistan, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief...
World
News and Press ReleaseDisaster Relief 2.0' Research to Identify Pathways Between Large Aid Groups and Grassroots Technology Players
Project Backed by Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, UN Foundation, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and Vodafone Foundation New York, NY (December 3, 2010) - The United Nations...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleasePAKISTAN: MUCH WORK STILL NEEDED--UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF
(Islamabad/New York/Geneva: 2 December 2010): Ms. Valerie Amos, United Nations Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), arrives today on her second...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseSomalia 2011 Humanitarian Appeal launched today - Aid agencies need US$530 million to cope with Somalia's ongoing humanitarian crisis
[Nairobi, 1 December 2010] The Humanitarian Appeal for Somalia is being launched today in Nairobi with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and UN Humanitarian and Resident...
Angola + 4 more
News and Press ReleaseSituation humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo, Note d'information à la presse, 1er décembre 2010
National - Le Secrétaire général des Nations Unies Ban Ki-Moon a lancé le 30 novembre à New-York un appel de 7,4 milliards de dollars américains pour apporter de l'assistance humanitaire à quelque 50...
World
News and Press ReleaseHUMANITARIAN APPEAL SEEKING $7.4 BILLION LAUNCHED IN DOHA - Joint Press Statement
Issued 30 November 2010 at the launch of the Humanitarian Appeal 2011 in Doha, Qatar, by the State of Qatar, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the...
Afghanistan + 12 more
News and Press ReleaseSECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS $7.4 BILLION TO AID 50 MILLION PEOPLE IN 2011
(Geneva: 30 November 2010): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, on behalf of international humanitarian organizations, today called for USD 7.4 billion to provide urgent humanitarian aid to...
Gambia
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocated $546,000 for 35,000 people affected by floods in the Gambia
26 November 2010: Close to $300,000 has been allocated to the World Food Programme (WFP) for food assistance to affected populations. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has received $112,000...