Press releases and statements

(Bukavu and New York: 7 September 2006): "I am and will remain personally committed to fighting the violence that is being perpetrated against you and other innocent civilians and to fighting the...

(Kinshasa et New York : le 5 Septembre 2006) : Le Secrétaire Général Adjoint chargé des Affaires Humanitaires de l'ONU, Jan Egeland, est arrivé ce mardi 5 septembre à Kinshasa, première étape d'une...

(Lubumbashi, Kinshasa and New York: 6 September 2006): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland arrived this morning in Katanga,...

(Lubumbashi, Kinshasa et New York : 6 septembre 2006) : Le Secrétaire Général Adjoint des Nations Unies chargé des Affaires Humanitaires et Coordonnateur des Opérations d'Urgence, Jan Egeland, est...

Focus on Health 1/4 of health facilities surveyed during a joint Government of Lebanon/World Health Organization (WHO) assessment are not functioning due to physical damage, lack of staff or lack of...

Mine Action To date, 434 cluster bomb strike locations have been identified and 112 unexploded bombs and 13,871 cluster sub-munitions destroyed by the United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre...

The United Nations (1) is submitting the 21st bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 23 August - 5 September 2006...

(Kinshasa and New York: 5 September 2006): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland today arrived in Kinshasa, the capital of the...

Khartoum, 5th September - The United Nations strongly condemns the death of another humanitarian worker in the increasingly unstable region of Darfur in Sudan. The victim, a nurse, was working with...

Pastoralists in the Horn of Africa are calling on governments to introduce policies to better facilitate the movement and sale of livestock, according to a report released today. Peace, Trade and...