Press releases and statements

AFR/1147, IHA/1040 NEW YORK, 27 April (OCHA) - The United Nations has issued a Flash Appeal for Djibouti, asking $7.5 million to combat the severe food crisis threatening the country. The Office for...

(New York, 26 April 2005): In East Africa, heavy rains have caused severe flooding in Ethiopia and Somalia. Floods have not only led to deaths and displacement but also to extensive damage to...

IHA/1038 UN Humanitarian Affairs Office, Business Roundtable Host Meeting on Public/Private Partnership in Disaster Relief The international community must finish the job it began in providing relief...

Multi-Partner Conference Explores Ways to Engage Private Sector in Coordinated Response to Disasters; President Clinton Addresses Group New York, NY, April 25, 2005 - An unprecedented gathering of...

There are new chances for peace in Ituri that haven't existed since June 2003, largely due to the pro-active approach of the MONUC and the FARDC, and how to capitalize on this opportunity. Past...

Despite the tremendous efforts made by humanitarians to tackle the cholera epidemic that broke out in camps for the displaced towards the end of March, the situation is likely to worsen in the Tché...

Conakry, Monday 18 April 2005 -- A fifteen-member delegation of the OCHA Donor Support Group, represented by Belgium, Canada, ECHO, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland,...

Bunia, April 1 - Humanitarian workers in Ituri are calling for increased security in the Kakwa displaced camp after a cholera epidemic was declared in the area on Sunday. "The cholera epidemic can be...

IHA/1029 NEW YORK, 29 March (OCHA) - Two United Nations teams have arrived by helicopter in Nias and Simeulue, islands on the west coast of Sumatra, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

Genève, 21 mars - Le Coordonnateur des Secours d'Urgence des Nations Unies (CSU), M. Jan Egeland, a appelé le Gouvernement de Transition de la République Démocratique du Congo à assumer ses...