HIGHLIGHTS: - COLOMBIA: Some 29,821 people have been affected by the first rainy season. - ECUADOR: Some 467 people in Esmeralda remain in shelter
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Colombia + 4 more
News and Press ReleaseREDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 3, Issue 156
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseUN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia calls for armed group to vacate medical clinic; Concern for the displaced in Afgooye Corridor
[NAIROBI, 7 May 2010] The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Mark Bowden, called on the armed groups in Afgooye, whose violent clashes have interrupted the functioning of the...
Colombia
News and Press ReleaseColombia: Desplazamientos Toribío y Caloto (Norte del Cauca)
En el Municipio de Toribio, el Gobernador suplente del Resguardo de Tacueyó y la Personería de Toribio, informaron que el lunes 26 de abril se iniciaron combates entre el Ejército y las FARC en el...
Zimbabwe
News and Press ReleaseUNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN FUND GIVES US$5.6 MILLION TO FIGHT MEASLES IN ZIMBABWE
(Harare/New York, 4 May 2010) - Some 5 million children in Zimbabwe will receive urgently needed protection from the spread of measles thanks to a $5.6 million allocation from the United Nations...
Chad
News and Press ReleaseTchad : Journée humanitaire à Abéché
Contexte Le 15 avril 2010, la communauté humanitaire a organisé une journée humanitaire, sous l'égide d'OCHA, à l'Université Adam Barka d'Abéché. Une exposition humanitaire ainsi qu'une...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseLA RDC CONNAIT ENCORE DE NOMBREUX DEFIS HUMANITAIRES, ESTIME L'ONU
(Kinshasa/New York/Genève, 3 mai 2010): le Secrétaire général adjoint aux affaires humanitaires des Nations Unies et Coordonnateur des secours d'urgence, John Holmes, a achevé aujourd'hui sa visite...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseUN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF: MANY HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGES STILL IN DRC
(Kinshasa / New York / Geneva, 03 May 2010): John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has ended his five-day visit to the...
Congo + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseRDC: L'ONU PLAIDE POUR PLUS D'AIDE HUMANITAIRE EN EQUATEUR
(Kinshasa/New York/Genève, 2 mai 2010): au quatrième jour de sa visite en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), le Secrétaire général adjoint aux affaires humanitaires des Nations Unies et...
DR Congo + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseD.R. CONGO: MORE SUPPORT NEEDED IN EQUATEUR: UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF
(Kinshasa / New York / Geneva, 02 May 2010): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, travelled to the north-western Equateur...
DR Congo + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseD.R. Congo: UN Humanitarian Chief Condemns LRA Violence
(Kinshasa / New York / Geneva, 01 May 2010): On the third day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency...