Press releases and statements

(New York: 16 January 2006): Failed meher rains have left Ethiopia's southern Somali region and the Borena zone of Oromiya region confronting an escalating humanitarian crisis. At the end of the...

AFR/1313, IHA/1134 NEW YORK, 11 January (OCHA) -- Heavy rains and strong winds have damaged houses, crops and livestock across Malawi in recent weeks. The rainfall and concomitant rising river...

Mr. President, distinguished members of the Security Council, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on several major challenges the humanitarian community faces in Africa at the moment,...

(New York: 19 December): The nutritional situation in Southern African remains fragile - underscored by rising acute malnutrition rates - and is expected to worsen further as the lean season...

Nairobi, 14 December - A Humanitarian Appeal was launched today in Nairobi by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Maxwell Gaylard, appealing for almost US$ 174,000,000 to address the urgent...

ISLAMABAD: Operation 'Winter Race' has literally followed a 'top-down' strategy. This means that people at higher elevations were first to receive help from the humanitarian community and the...

(New York: 13 December 2005): Operation "Winter Race" is now shifting its focus to reinforcing shelter assistance for people living below the snowline at 5000 feet. "Winter Race," the international...

Jerusalem, 8 December 2005 - UN agencies and non-governmental organisations today are appealing for $215 million in emergency assistance for people in the occupied Palestinian territory. The reason...

Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Council, Sixty years ago the nations of the world came together to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". We should now assess how...

(New York: 9 December 2005): "Violence against women is so widespread that we must act with urgency," said Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief...