Press releases and statements

(New York: 24 July 2007): The international humanitarian community is requesting $15.6 million to help address humanitarian concerns in Swaziland, which has been hit by the worst drought in 15 years...

(New York: 23 July, 2007) For the first time since the beginning of June, more people have left Mogadishu than have returned to the city, with over 10,000 people fleeing the Somali capital last week...

(Geneva / New York, 22 July 2007): "Eastern Chad is a powder keg that can explode at any moment," warned John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency...

Geneva, 18 July 2007 - The United Nations launched a USD 38 million Flash Appeal today in Geneva to assist hundreds of thousands of people in southwest Pakistan struggling to survive widespread...

(New York: 17 July 2007): From getting medical treatment, building material and food to Afghan refugees to providing helicopters for distributing food in Sudan, the United Nations Central Emergency...

Dakar, 17 juillet 2007 : L'appel de fonds lancé par les Nations Unies pour couvrir les besoins en aide humanitaire des pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest en 2007 (CAP Afrique de l'Ouest 2007) n'a reçu à ce...

Pledges & contributions The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is pleased to acknowledge the receipt of six new contributions totalling $17,780,360.51 as of 29 June. The...

(Geneva, 17 July): Six months after the launch of the Humanitarian Appeal 2007, the United Nations, the International Organisation for Migration, and 220 non-governmental aid organisations still...

(New York: 16 July 2007): Almost no raw materials were imported into Gaza between 3 to 9 July due to continued border closures, halting $370 million worth of construction in the Gaza Strip. Some $93...

Bamako/Dakar, 13 Juillet 2007 : Le Bureau Régional des Nations Unies pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires (OCHA) et le Gouvernement du Mali (Direction de la Protection Civile du Ministère...