Press releases and statements

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen I stand here this afternoon, not only as the Emergency Relief Coordinator, but also in a sense as a representative of the global humanitarian community. I am here...

(Khartoum: 06 August 2007): Four weeks after torrential rains started to devastate many parts of the Sudan, the United Nations and partners, in support of the Government, have so far assisted up to...

Highlights - UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights visits Darfur, calls for more "positive action" by Government. - 500 hundred more households arrive in Zam Zam IDP Camp. Overcrowding worsens. - FAO...

(New York: 3 August) Continued closures of crossings into Gaza have further weakened the economy, with total economic losses reaching $23 million since their closure in mid-June, or an average daily...

In this issue: - Flood victims in West Darfur isolated by insecurity and impassable roads - Slightly improved but lopsided funding to Consolidated Appeals in Central and East Africa - Darfur militias...

(New York: 1 August 2007) The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator announced today that $40 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will be used for life-saving programmes in...

International Herald Tribune (France). [Op-Ed]. John Holmes 07/31/2007. One of the world's largest and fastest-growing humanitarian crises is also among the least known: Iraq. More than four million...

HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE: - IODINE DEFICIENCY "THE SILENT EMERGENCY" - REGIONAL OVERVIEW - UPCOMING & ONGOING MEETINGS Focus on Ethiopia is produced by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

(New York: 30 July) The humanitarian community has launched an appeal for $18.9 million to assist the Government of Lesotho, which declared a state of emergency on 9 July after the country was hit by...

Areas of Darfur with no or limited humanitarian access have more than doubled over the past year. The main reasons are fragmentation of opposition groups, a sharp rise in banditry, and increased...