Press releases and statements

(New York: 15 June 2007): The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia led a joint mission to the capital, Mogadishu, yesterday to continue discussions with the Transitional Federal...

(New York: 14 June 2007): United Nations agencies are providing support to the Government of Bangladesh in the wake of a series of landslides triggered by torrential rains in Chittagong District. On...

Pledges & contributions The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is pleased to acknowledge the receipt of seven new contributions totalling $13,868,771.89 as of 1 June. The...

Jerusalem, 13 June 2007- United Nations organisations working in the occupied Palestinian territory, are gravely concerned about the spiralling violence in the Gaza Strip, which has claimed 59 lives...

(New York: 13 June 2007): The United Nations has approved $5.7 million in grants from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for the United Nations agencies responding to the crisis in Lebanon. ...

(Johannesburg: 12 June 2007): Nearly 400,000 people face severe food shortages due to Lesotho's most severe drought in the last 30 years , according to a UN report. The report, issued by the United...

(New York, 12 June 2007): The United Nations is deeply concerned about the death of a staff member of Médecins sans Frontières near Ngaounday in northwest Central African Republic (CAR) on 11 June...

(New York: 11 June 2007): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes will visit Seoul, Republic of Korea, and Tokyo, Japan, in the...

Summary - Inter-tribal conflict between Dinka in Lakes State and the Agar in Warrap State. - Tensions in Rumbek over non-payment of teacher salaries. - Insecurity increasing in Eastern Equatoria. -...

Kinshasa, le 6 juin 2007 - « Je vous réitère l'invitation, à vous qui jouez un rôle central dans vos communautés, qui entretenez des rapports étroits et privilégiés avec tous leurs membres, qui...