Press releases and statements

Nairobi, 14 December - The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Eric Laroche, today launched the 2007 Humanitarian Appeal for Somalia which requests US$ 237,112,824 to alleviate the suffering of...

Manila: December 13, 2006 - The United Nations country team in Manila, the Philippines, has requested US$ 2.6 million to fund rapid response projects from the United Nations Central Emergency...

(New York: 12 December 2006) The United Nations in Bangui today issued the 2007 Coordinated Aid Programme (CAP) for the Central African Republic (CAR) to raise $50 million, urgently required to meet...

The United Nations is submitting the 27th bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 15 - 28 November 2006 inclusive. 1...

Kinshasa, le 8 décembre 2006 - Ce mercredi 6 décembre, au moment où les regards des Congolais étaient tournés vers Kinshasa pour la cérémonie de prestation de serment du Président Joseph Kabila, les...

Moscow, 7 December 2006. - The launch of the 2007 Inter-Agency Transitional Workplan for the North Caucasus took place in Moscow today with the participation of Russian federal and regional...

(New York: 7 December 2006): The United Nations this morning convened a high-level conference on support for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2007, as part of the on-going process of...

JERUSALEM, 7 December 2006 - Twelve UN agencies together with 14 NGOs operating in the occupied Palestinian territory today launched an emergency Appeal for $453.6 million to help meet increasing...

(Geneva, 6 December 2006) - The United Nations is seeking a total of US$ 18 million to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods in Somalia and in acute need of assistance. The UN...

The Global Humanitarian Reform Over the past years, international response to humanitarian emergencies has not always met the basic needs of affected populations in a timely and predictable manner...