Addis Ababa, 5 September 2019 On behalf of the humanitarian community in Ethiopia, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in Ethiopia, Mr. Steven Were Omamo, strongly condemns...
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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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Ethiopia
News and Press ReleaseStatement attributable to the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia, Mr. Aeneas Chuma, on the killing of two aid workers in Gambella region on 5 September 2019
Chad + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseLe déficit de financement prive des milliers de personnes de l'aide humanitaire
(N'djamena, le 5 septembre 2019): Le Coordonnateur Résident du Système des Nations Unies et Coordonnateur Humanitaire, M. Stephen Tull, déplore un déficit de financement des activités humanitaires au...
Afghanistan + 7 more
News and Press ReleaseUN’s Emergency Fund provides US$75 million to eight underfunded crises
The countries covered by the new CERF allocation are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Eritrea, Mali, Sudan, and Venezuela and the neighboring region.
Bahamas
News and Press ReleaseUN Emergency Relief Coordinator visits the Bahamas in wake of Hurricane Dorian
$1 million in UN emergency funds for the response to Hurricane Dorian New York, 4 September 2019 – Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock today...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseUN calls for urgent humanitarian funding and protection of civilians in the Central African Republic
This year, the number of people in the CAR who need humanitarian assistance and protection has increased from 2.5 million to 2.9 million. Two-thirds of the population depends on aid to survive.
CAR
News and Press ReleaseL’ONU appelle à un financement humanitaire d'urgence et à la protection des civils en République centrafricaine
Bangui, 4 septembre 2019 - Ursula Mueller, la Sous-Secrétaire générale aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnatrice adjointe des secours d’urgence a appelé à un financement supplémentaire urgent de la...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseSomalia: UN warns of lowest cereal production since 2011
Late and erratic rains during Somalia's 2019 Gu cropping season (April-June), coupled with low river levels, have led to the poorest cereal harvest since the 2011 famine.
Iraq
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations expresses concern over return of IDPs from Ninewa to AlAnbar, Kirkuk and Salah al-Din governorates [EN/AR/KU]
2 September 2019 (Baghdad) - Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations in Iraq Marta Ruedas expressed her concerns regarding the means and methods of transfers of internally displaced persons...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseJoint statement by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen and the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, 1 September 2019 [EN/AR]
Mass casualties reported following air strikes in Dhamar Governorate Sana’a, 1 September 2019 –On 1 September, air strikes hit a former community college compound on the northern outskirts of Dhamar...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, 29 August 2019: Tens of people killed and wounded in Aden and Abyan [EN/AR]
"The situation is very fragile. Families are again trapped in their homes by fighting, unable to secure food and reach medical care,” said Lise Grande, Humanitarian Coordinator.