Press releases and statements

(Addis Ababa, 20 November 2007): Elders in Hudet, Liben zone, Somali Regional State are preparing to host over 550 participants. "This will be the biggest ever pastoralist gathering in the Horn of...

(New York: 19 November): As the United Nations and its partners scale up their assistance to vulnerable groups in Ethiopia in response to increasing humanitarian needs, the United Nations...

(New York, 16 November 2007): The United Nations is deploying staff to and within Bangladesh after Super Cyclone Sidr swept through the country on the night of November 15. The World Food Programme...

(New York / N'Djamena: 16 November 2007): The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ireland, His Excellency Mr. Dermot Ahern, has today expressed his Government's continued support for Chad's humanitarian...

(New York, 12 November 2007): In the last week, another 24,000 people have fled Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, following bloody clashes between insurgents and government troops. Last Thursday and...

(New York / N'Djamena: 08 November 2007): The United Nations has appointed Ms. Fatma Samoura to fill the newly created position of Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator (DHC) in eastern Chad. She will be...

(New York / N'Djaména: 08 novembre 2007): Les Nations Unies ont nommé Mme Fatma Samoura au poste nouvellement créé de Coordonnatrice Humanitaire Adjointe pour l'est du Tchad. Elle sera basée dans la...

(New York, 7 November 2007): In the aftermath of the floods and landslides that hit the Tabasco and Chiapas states leaving at least 500,000 people homeless, an emergency team sent to Mexico by the...

(New York, 6 November 2007): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), together with the Government of the Dominican Republic, today issued an appeal for...

(New York, 6 November 2007): Following a request from the Government of Mexico, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is mobilizing a United Nations Disaster...