Press releases and statements

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by Jan Egeland OVER THE last 30 years, natural disasters have affected five times more people than they did only a generation ago. The bad news is, things are getting worse as our climate changes,...

(New York: 20 October 2006): As many as 50,000 families who lost their homes in last spring's Yogyakarta earthquake do not have sufficient shelter for the approaching rainy season, according to the...

The Cluster Approach: Strengthening humanitarian response capacity by enhancing leadership, accountability and predictability. Overview: The Cluster Approach is currently being implemented in Uganda,...

(New York: 18 October 2006): Data collection for a nutritional survey, supported by the United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF), started today in two Ministry of Health divisions in the district of...

Asmara, Wednesday, 18 October 2006 - The UN Secretary General's Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, completed his five day visit to Eritrea today. On his way...

(New York: 16 October 2006): The aid community has issued a $35 million Flash Appeal for Kenya to meet the needs of increasing numbers of Somali refugees over the next six months. Due to the fear of...

Asmara, Thursday 12 October 2006 - The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, arrives tomorrow in Asmara on an official...

(Geneva and New York: 12 October 2006): Convening in Geneva today, the Advisory Group to the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will examine the success of the Fund in its first...

Dakar, New York, 12 octobre : Les Nations Unies ont alloué la somme de 23.809.813 dollars en aide à huit pays d'Afrique de l'ouest afin de subvenir à des besoins humanitaires dans des secteurs qui...