Press releases and statements

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Yacoub El Hillo, strongly condemns the killing of a 15-year old Eritrean asylum seeker in a shelter in Tripoli on 10 November 2020. “I am...

(Manila, 9 November 2020) The Humanitarian Country Team in the Philippines today launched a Humanitarian Needs and Priorities Plan to respond to the needs of 260,000 of the most vulnerable people in...

Kinshasa, 6 novembre 2020 – Le Coordonnateur humanitaire en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), David McLachlan-Karr, condamne fermement les récentes attaques contre les travailleurs...

This week we have lost six humanitarian workers in targeted violent attacks in Somalia, in two separate incidents in South Sudan, and in Northwest Syria. This cannot be tolerated. Attacks directed...

Yaoundé, 5 November 2020 – The Humanitarian Coordinator in Cameroon, Mr. Matthias Z. Naab, strongly condemns the repeated attacks on children, teachers, and educational facilities in the North-West...

Joint statement * International NGOs and UN agencies call on the Israeli authorities to protect Palestinians participating in the ongoing olive harvest season, as well as their property, from...

Yesterday, 73 people, including 41 children, were displaced when Israeli authorities demolished their homes and other structures and destroyed belongings in the Palestinian community of Humsa Al...

I am deeply concerned by today’s sharp escalation in violence in Syria’s northwest Idleb Governorate, where close to 3 million women, children and men, over half of whom are internally displaced,...

(Juba, 3 November 2020) An aid worker has been killed by armed youth in South Sudan, just one day after another humanitarian lost his life while providing assistance. These two humanitarian workers...

(Juba, 2 November 2020) The Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou, has condemned the killing of an aid worker in the greater Pibor area. On 29 October, a team of Plan...