Press releases and statements

LIVELIHOODS IN SOMALIA Somalia's people live in extremely poor and underdeveloped conditions. Livelihoods are broadly based on subsistence farming and pastoralism with limited opportunity to earn...

Dakar, 5 décembre 2006 : Les Nations Unies lancent ce mardi à Dakar un appel de fonds de 309 millions de dollars pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest afin de couvrir les besoins en aide humanitaire de cette...

Kinshasa, le 5 décembre 2006 - C'est en ces termes que le vice-président de la République Démocratique du Congo, Azarias Ruberwa Manywa, a lancé aujourd'hui, 5 décembre 2006, le Plan d'Action...

(New York: 5 December 2006): Typhoon Durian has caused widespread destruction across 13 provinces of the Philippines, affecting more than 1.5 million people in 125 municipalities and 10 cities, with...

Mr. President, Members of the Council, It is very good to be back here one last time. Over the past three years, I have been encouraged to see that concern for the protection of civilians has...

(Malakal, [South Sudan] 1 December 2006) Medical staff and supplies are urgently needed to step-up treatment to those wounded by the fighting in Malakal, the United Nations reported today. Priorities...

In Mr. Jan Egeland's final statement to the UN Security Council, the Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator highlights the Council's concern for the...

THE CLUSTER APPROACH The IASC WG has endorsed the "Guidance Note on using the Cluster Approach to Strengthen Humanitarian Response" as a living document. The revised version includes substantial...

(Juba, [South Sudan] 30 November 2006): The United Nations has begun delivering medical assistance to more than 300 civilians who were wounded by heavy fighting in Malakal, Upper Nile State,...

(New York: 30 November 2006): At United Nations headquarters today, Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched the Humanitarian Appeal 2007 -- thirteen consolidated appeals for specific emergencies --...