Press releases and statements

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The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.

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Syria

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A Decade of War in Syria: What Have Humanitarian Agencies Learned? A virtual lecture by Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, at the Geneva Graduate Institute (16 March 2021)

As delivered Well, Mahmoud, thank you very much indeed. Hello, everybody. Thank you for joining us. And I’m looking forward to the discussion. No crisis has absorbed more money and effort from...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Haiti

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Le Gouvernement Haïtien et la communauté humanitaire lancent un appel pour la mobilisation de 235,6 millions de dollars en vue d’apporter une réponse d’urgence à 1,5 millions de personnes sur les 4,4 millions en besoin d’assistance humanitaire en Haïti

Port-au-Prince – lundi 16 mars 2020 – Le Gouvernement Haïtien et la communauté humanitaire ont lancé aujourd´hui un appel pour la mobilisation de 235,6 millions de dollars en 2021 en vue de répondre...

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  • Government of Haiti
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Yemen + 5 more

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Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ramesh Rajasingham lecture to Columbia School of International and Public Affairs on the United Nations' role in the humanitarian system

Thanks very much indeed. It is a pleasure to be with you today and among such an impressive and diverse group of students and the likely future humanitarian practitioners, policy and decision makers,...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Syria

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Statement by Imran Riza, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria, on the occasion of International Women’s Day [EN/AR]

Damascus, 8 March 2021 In 2021, International Women's Day falls at a time of extraordinary hardship for the people of Syria. This week will mark the tenth anniversary of a crisis which has caused...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria
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oPt

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Statement by Ms. Lynn Hastings, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, on the occasion of International Women’s Day

Jerusalem, 8 March 2021 Every year, on the 8th of March, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. In 2021, the focus is on “Women in Leadership; Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. ...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the oPt
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Ukraine

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Statement on occasion of 2021 International Women’s Day by Osnat Lubrani, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine [EN/UK]

This year’s International Women’s Day comes amidst a devastating pandemic that is affecting the entire world, including all Ukrainians. In the words of the UN Secretary-General this is “a crisis with...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine
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