Press releases and statements

Abuja, 21 January 2022: The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (USG/ERC), Martin Griffiths, concluded a four-day visit to Nigeria yesterday. The UN...

El Fasher, 17 January 2022 – During a visit to El Fasher, the state capital of North Darfur, 16 to 17 January, UN officials from UNICEF, WFP, UNHCR and OCHA denounced the attacks on UN operations...

Manila, 16 January 2021—One month after Typhoon Rai (Odette) pummeled 11 regions across the Philippines, hundreds of thousands of people still urgently need food and clean water, shelter and...

The announcement follows the recent launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview, which predicts that this year 274 million people will need humanitarian assistance, the highest number in decades.

Damascus and Amman, 12 January 2022 The United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Mr. Imran Riza, and the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, Mr...

GINEBRA – Naciones Unidas y organizaciones no gubernamentales lanzan hoy planes de respuesta conjunta con el objetivo de brindar ayuda humanitaria vital a 22 millones de personas en Afganistán y...

The largest single country aid appeal ever launched aims to assist 22.2 million people in Afghanistan and support 5.7 million displaced Afghans and local communities in neighbouring countries.

(Genève, 11 janvier 2022) : Les Nations unies et des ONG lancent aujourd'hui des plans d’aide humanitaire conjoints destinés à fournir une aide vitale à 22 millions de personnes en Afghanistan et à...

On the evening of 28 December, the premises came under attack from unknown armed groups. This incident follows the looting and reported violence around the former UNAMID base in El Fasher last week.

I am horrified by reports of an attack against civilians in Kayah State, Myanmar on 24 December. Credible reports say at least 35 people, including at least one child, were forced from their...