Press releases and statements

Dakar, 16 février 2007 : Les Nations Unies viennent d'approuver l'octroi de 2 346 305 dollars en aide humanitaire à la République de Guinée afin de répondre aux besoins humanitaires les plus urgents,...

First round of 2007 grants for underfunded emergencies On 7 February, the Acting United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) announced the countries selected to receive CERF grants in the first...

(New York, 15 February 2007) -- Wondering what is going on in Guinea? How relief aid really works? What went wrong with the anti-HIV gel tests? What's the latest from Somalia? Can you imagine what it...

(New York: 14 February 2007): As the number of people affected by severe flooding in Bolivia having risen by 25,000 in recent days, the United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners...

(New York: 13 February 2007): Through the recently launched 2007 Consolidated Appeal for Liberia, United Nations agencies and their partners are seeking $117 million for humanitarian aid this year...

(Jakarta: 9 February 2007): The Acting United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Margareta Wahlström, has decided to make available up to $2 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)...

(New York: 7 February 2007): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today announced that just under $85 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)...

(New York: 7 February 2007): A five-person United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team, deployed by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to support the...

(New York: 5 February 2007): The United Nations agencies stand ready to support the Government of Indonesia in response to the severe flooding that has affected the capital of Jakarta and surrounding...

(New York: 2 February 2007): Despite strong appeals from United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Darfur, threats against the world's largest relief operation...