Abuja, 30 June 2024 - The United Nations strongly condemns the suicide bomb attacks on civilian populations in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State yesterday. The exact number of people...
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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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Nigeria
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria Statement on attacks in Gwoza, Borno
Iraq
News and Press Release2024 Humanitarian Transition Overview: Iraq's Journey Towards Sustainable Solutions [EN/AR]
Baghdad, 30 June 2024 – On behalf of the Humanitarian Country Team, the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Iraq has published the Humanitarian Transition Overview (HTO)...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Humanitarian Coordination Forum, on the African Union Peace and Security Council’s Communiqué on Sudan, 21 June 2024
(Addis Ababa, 28 June 2024): The Humanitarian Coordination Forum (HCF) welcomes the Communiqué adopted by the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) regarding the situation in the...
Ukraine
News and Press ReleaseCivilians Continue to Suffer from Daily Relentless Attacks [EN/RU/UK]
HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE DENISE BROWN STRONGLY CONDEMNS AN ATTACK ON 28 JUNE BY THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES THAT HIT AN APARTMENT BLOCK, KILLING AND INJURING PEOPLE IN A HEAVILY POPULATED...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine NkwetaSalami, on attack on hospital in Al Fasher, North Darfur [EN/AR]
(Port Sudan, 23 June 2024) – Another day of violence in Sudan brings another human tragedy in Darfur’s Al Fasher. This time, the person who won’t be going home to their family was a pharmacist. Died...
World
News and Press ReleaseTwo-year anniversary of the UN Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement
Joint Statement by Principals of the UN Steering Group on Solutions to Internal Displacement: IOM, OCHA, UNDP, UNDPO, UNDPPA, UNICEF and UNHCR Two years after the launch of the UN Secretary-General’s...
Ukraine
News and Press ReleaseAttacks killing and injuring civilians and damaging education facilities in residential areas by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are unacceptable [EN/RU/UK]
HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE DENISE BROWN CONDEMNS YESTEDAY'S ATTACK ON A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF KRYVYI RIH CITY I am appalled by the toll of yesterday’s attack on Kryviy Rih City in the Dnipro...
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News and Press ReleaseG7 leaders can and must prevent manmade famine - Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (New York, 12 June 2024) As the powerful Group of Seven (G7) meets in Italy tomorrow,...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseThe Humanitarian Coordinator, on behalf of the humanitarian community, expresses his grave concern over the escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
The Humanitarian Coordinator, on behalf of the humanitarian community, expresses his grave concern over the escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He calls on all parties to...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseMr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief Coordinator - Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza (11 June 2024) [EN/AR]
Dead Sea, Jordan, 11 June 2024 AS DELIVERED Thank you very much indeed for this opportunity to speak. Thank you, Your Majesty [King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of Jordan], Mr. President [Abdel Fattah...