Objective The objective of the Hazard Identification Tool (HIT) is to alert the United Nations Disaster Assessment (UNDAC) and other emergency responders as well as the UN Country Team to potential...
Press releases and statements
The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.
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El Salvador
News and Press ReleaseEl Salvador: Hazard Identification Tool - Hurricane IDA, 9 Nov 2009
Bolivia + 5 more
News and Press ReleaseREDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 2, Issue 131
This note is compiled for The Risk Emergency Disaster Working Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (REDLAC) by the OCHA Regional Office through disaster monitoring and input from our Regional...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseRD Congo : La foire en biens non alimentaires, le choix d'Abel et Pascal
AKPA, 6 novembre 2009 (OCHA) Abel est un résident de Akpa, un village qu'il était obligé de quitter il y'a une dizaine d'années, pour échapper à la guerre. Il s'est déplacé dans les villages...
Brazil + 4 more
News and Press ReleaseREDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 2, Issue 130
This note is compiled for The Risk Emergency Disaster Working Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (REDLAC) by the OCHA Regional Office through disaster monitoring and input from our Regional...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseRD Congo : La route Mc Kiomi/Pole- Pole réhabilitée, ouvre le Sankuru à l'assistance humanitaire et à la paix
Cent vingt-cinq kilomètres de route reliant la mission catholique de Kiomi et le village de Pole-Pole sur la rivière Lomami, dans le District du Sankuru, territoire de Katako- Kombe,province du Kasaï...
Sri Lanka
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates $2.2 million for humanitarian demining in Sri Lanka
The ERC approved a request for CERF funding from the United Nations Resident Coordinator of Sri Lanka. $2.2 million will go to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN High...
Colombia + 8 more
News and Press ReleaseREDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 2, Issue 129
This note is compiled for The Risk Emergency Disaster Working Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (REDLAC) by the OCHA Regional Office through disaster monitoring and input from our Regional...
Burkina Faso + 19 more
News and Press ReleaseCERF's Second Underfunded Round is complete with nearly $56 million allocated
In accordance with the Secretary-General's Bulletin (ST/SGB/2006/10), the Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) is responsible for setting priorities for the use of the CERF Underfunded window and for...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseUN assists tens of thousands of civilians fleeing the conflict in South Waziristan in Pakistan
(Islamabad/New York, 24 October 2009): As tens of thousands of civilians continue to flee the fighting between the Pakistan armed forces and militants in South Waziristan, the United Nations and...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleasePakistan: South Waziristan displacement, 23 Oct 2009
This situation report is based on information received from United Nations Agencies, humanitarian partners and government sources. SITUATION OVERVIEW: Civilians continue to flee South Waziristan...