L’Afrique célèbre aujourd’hui le 10e anniversaire de l’adoption de la Convention de l’Union africaine (UA) sur la protection et l’assistance aux personnes déplacées en Afrique. Également connue sous...
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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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World
News and Press ReleaseDéclaration conjointe de l’Experte de l’ONU sur les déplacés internes, du HCR, du BCAH et de l’OIM pour le dixième anniversaire de l’adoption de la Convention de Kampala
Nigeria
News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory: UN Under-Secretary-General and Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock to visit Nigeria
WHO: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock WHAT: Mission to Nigeria WHEN: 23-24 October 2019 WHERE: Abuja, FCT/Maiduguri, Borno State UN...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseNortheast Syria – As half a million people gradually regain access to safe water – the number of displaced people nears 180,000 [EN/AR]
Repairs have been made to the Alouk water station, which serves 400,000 Syrians. Generators are now being used to supply water to the population, including displacement camps.
World
News and Press ReleaseDialogue at the 2019 Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium: on Climate and Conflict: How global leaders are adapting to troubling trends, October 18, 2019, Des Moines, Iowa
Questions by Kimberly Flowers (KB), Director, Humanitarian Agenda & Global Food Security Project, CSIS. Answers by Mark Lowcock (ML), Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Emergency...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUN Calls for Protection of Civilians in Northeast Syria [EN/AR]
Damascus, 11 October 2019. This is the third day of the military operation “Peace Spring” into the northeast of Syria by the Government of Turkey. The area is home to some of the most vulnerable...
Burkina Faso
News and Press ReleaseBesoin d’un soutien international plus fort pour répondre à l'urgence humanitaire au Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, le 11 octobre 2019 - Le Burkina Faso est confronté à une crise humanitaire croissante et sans précédent: environ 500 000 personnes ont été contraintes de fuir leurs domiciles dans les...
Burkina Faso
News and Press ReleaseStronger international support needed as Burkina Faso humanitarian emergency deepens
Ouagadougou, 11 October 2019 – Burkina Faso is grappling with a growing and unprecedented humanitarian situation: around 500,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the central and...
Türkiye + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock: Statement on mission to Ankara and the Turkey/Syria border, 10-11 October 2019 [EN/AR/TR]
I am just completing a long-planned visit to the border region between Turkey and Syria. My original goal was to understand and assess the issues around the UN's cross border relief operation from...
Lebanon + 1 more
News and Press ReleasePublic schools for non-Lebanese children to open on Monday - Joint Statement from the Ministry of Education, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, UNICEF and UNHCR in Lebanon [EN/AR]
BEIRUT, 10 October 2019 – “All public schools in Lebanon will open their second shift on Monday 14 October, allowing around 150,000 non-Lebanese children to go back to school.” The announcement from...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseStatement of the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, calling for the protection of children in the Gaza Strip, 10 October 2019
As we head towards another Friday of demonstrations at the Israeli fence surrounding the Gaza Strip, I am deeply concerned about the impact that the violence at these demonstrations has on children...