JERUSALEM, 7 December 2006 - Twelve UN agencies together with 14 NGOs operating in the occupied Palestinian territory today launched an emergency Appeal for $453.6 million to help meet increasing...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
oPt
News and Press ReleaseOPT: Largest emergency appeal for Palestinians
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseLivelihoods in Somalia
LIVELIHOODS IN SOMALIA Somalia's people live in extremely poor and underdeveloped conditions. Livelihoods are broadly based on subsistence farming and pastoralism with limited opportunity to earn...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations appeals for 18 million US$ for Somalia flood relief
(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...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian coordination mechanisms in Somalia
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...
Benin + 16 more
News and Press ReleaseAppel des Nations-Unies pour une aide humanitaire de plus de 300 millions de dollars pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest pour 2007
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...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseRD Congo : Lancement du Plan d'Action Humanitaire 2007 - "Une question de justice et de prospérité partagée"
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...
Philippines
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations assisting Philippines after typhoon
(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...
Angola + 14 more
News and Press ReleaseStatement by Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland to the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, 4 Dec 2006
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...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSudan: Nurses, medical supplies needed for humanitarian assistance in Malakal
(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...
World
AnalysisStatement by Mr. Jan Egeland Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
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...