Press releases and statements

The tragic shipwreck off the coast of Khoms yesterday, where nearly 150 people, including pregnant women and children, went missing is the worst Mediterranean tragedy of this year. Seeking asylum is...

The funds will enable NGOs and UN agencies to provide education for 41,000 children, integrated with protection, WASH services, shelter and core relief items for 97,800 people.

In a move ‘not compatible’ with international humanitarian law, the early-morning, large-scale operation forced families out of their homes, causing great distress among residents.

Gaziantep, 22 July 2019 The nightmare in Idleb is getting worse. Today saw one of the deadliest attacks on civilian areas that we have seen since the upsurge in fighting began almost three months...

Abuja, 19 July 2019 I am deeply disturbed by reports of an incident involving aid workers from International NGOs in northern Borno State. As details are still coming in and information has yet to be...

Today marks the 80th day since fighting escalated on 29 April. For 80 days people around the world have watched in horror as war planes and artillery shelling kill and injure civilians and destroy...

Tripoli, 18 July 2019 Acting Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Abdel-Rahman Ghandour, expressed his strong condemnation of attacks on health care in Libya. “The latest attack was on Tuesday 16...

Statement by Mr. Jamie McGoldrick (Humanitarian Coordinator), Ms. Gwyn Lewis (Director of West Bank Operations for UNRWA), and Mr. James Heenan (Head of OHCHR in the occupied Palestinian territory) ...

Près d’une année après que la flambée actuelle de maladie à virus Ebola a été déclarée en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) et alors que le nombre de nouveaux cas atteint des niveaux alarmants,...

GENEVA, 15 July 2019 – Almost a year after the outbreak of Ebola was declared in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and with the number of new cases at worrying levels, the United Nations...