Press releases and statements

(New York: 6 March 2007): Two weeks on from the second major disaster to hit the country in 2007, the Government of Mozambique is leading the dual response to severe flooding in the Zambezi River...

(New York: 6 March 2007): A United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination team (UNDAC) has been placed on stand-by following the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit Indonesia's West Sumatra...

March 2, 2007, Panama City- Some 37 participants from 12 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean will meet in Panama, 6th - 8th March, for the First Regional UN Emergency Technical Teams (UNETT)...

Les activités humanitaires et de développement des Agence du Système des Nations Unies dans les quartiers défavorisés de l'aire métropolitaine de Port-au- Prince, en particulier à Cité Soleil, ne se...

Islamabad- March 1st, 2007: United Nations Resident Coordinator, Jan Vandemoortele commenting on the overall health situation in the quake zone said, "Health coverage has been adequate during the...

(New York: 23 February 2007): The United Nations has made more than $7.6 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) available for life-saving activities in Mozambique, where severe...

(New York: 23 February 2007): The United Nations is today launching a six-month Flash Appeal for $9.2 million for Bolivia, where flooding produced by the El Niño phenomenon has affected more than...

(New York: 20 February 2007): As tropical storm Favio bears down on southern Africa, the United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners are working with the Government of Mozambique to...

The United Nations (1) is submitting the 32nd bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 24 January - 6 February 2007...

(New York: 16 February 2007): The United Nations has made $2.35 million available from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for urgent humanitarian activities in the West African country of...