Press releases and statements

ADDIS ABABA, 28 August 2005 - During this period of transition reaching all those in need of assistance must remain the basic aim of the Government of Ethiopia and its partners, a UN envoy said on...

Discours d'introduction Je vous remercie d'être ici dans la maison des Nations Unies, le jour après la visite du Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies. Sa visite nous a honoré, et comme il a dit il a...

Discours d'introduction Je vous remercie d'être ici dans la maison des Nations Unies, au lendemain de la visite du Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies. Sa visite nous a honoré, et comme il l'a dit,...

(New York, 25 August): The alarming scope and size of cholera outbreaks in the West African region this summer has prompted the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...

Bangui, 24th August 2005 -- Two weeks after floods devastated the Central African Republic's capital city of Bangui, thousands remain in need of aid, according to the United Nations country team,...

AFR/1238, IHA/1078 (Adapté de l'anglais) BANGUI, 24 août (OCHA) - Deux semaines après que des inondations aient ravagé Bangui, la capitale de la République centrafricaine, des milliers de personnes...

Asmara, Monday 22 August 2005 -- The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, Mr. Martti Ahtisaari arrives today in Asmara, Eritrea. During his two-day...

(New York, 17 August): Some 919,000 Somalis need urgent assistance through the end of 2005, according to a recently-concluded Food and Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) assessment in that country. In...

(New York, 16 August): Recent vulnerability assessments showing that 4.2 million to 4.6 million individuals remain at risk of food insecurity have prompted the United Nations system in Malawi to...

(New York, 10 August): The United Nations is providing emergency assistance to Bulgaria in response to recent, heavy flooding in that country. Heavy rains in recent days have worsened an already...