Press releases and statements

Nairobi, Friday 29 December 2006 - Humanitarian relief efforts in Somalia on behalf of flood - and conflict-affected people is continuing despite the recent eruption of fighting, and the United...

(New York, 28 December 2006): Although no large scale influx of war-related refugees into Kenya is yet taking place, significant internal displacement is occurring inside Somalia. Recent reports have...

AGENCY OVERVIEWS These "Agency Overviews" provide a brief introduction to each organisation operating in the Central African Republic (CAR). Each indicates: - Mandate or mission of the organisation; ...

(New York, 24 December 2006): In response to flash floods that swept over the province of Aceh in Indonesia on 21 and 22 December, the United Nations today announced that it would allocate an initial...

Nairobi, 24 December 2006 - In the fourth day of active conflict, fighting has escalated between forces allied to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in and...

Nairobi, 21 December 2006 - After a brief interruption yesterday, fighting resumed today between forces allied to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) along...

US$ 1.8 billion needed for Humanitarian & Recovery assistance [19 December 2006, KHARTOUM] Sudan will require more than US$1.8 billion dollars to fund humanitarian, recovery and development projects...

Continued armed operations jeopardize humanitarian assistance [Khartoum, 19 December 2006] Seventy-one aid workers were temporarily relocated from the town of Gereida, South Darfur, today following...

(Geneva: 15 December 2006): The United Nations today appealed for USD 46 million to meet the urgent needs of the most vulnerable persons affected by the four typhoons in Philippines, over the next 12...

15th December 2006, Nairobi - "With the political will demonstrated by the signing of the Nairobi Pact, I remain optimistic that the leadership in the Great Lakes Region has truly committed itself to...