WHO: Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Madagascar WHEN: 3-5 June 2019 WHERE: Madagascar (Ambovombe,...
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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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Madagascar
News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory: UN Deputy Humanitarian Chief mission to Madagascar
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseStatement attributable to the Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Ms. Gwi-Yeop Son, on the looting of humanitarian supplies in Kalma IDP camp, 30 May 2019 [EN/AR]
Khartoum, 30 May 2019. The Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) in Sudan, Gwi-Yeop Son, strongly condemns the attacks on humanitarian offices, assets and the looting of humanitarian supplies that took place...
World
News and Press ReleaseOslo Conference on Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Crises: Co-Host Outcome Statement
Released on 24 May, 2019 The Governments of Norway, Iraq, Somalia and the United Arab Emirates, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations...
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News and Press ReleaseAgir ensemble pour mettre un terme à la violence sexuelle et sexiste dans les crises humanitaires
Une femme sur trois est victime de violences sexuelles ou sexistes au cours de sa vie. Les hommes et les garçons sont aussi touchés par le phénomène. Le risque de violences sexuelles et sexistes est...
DR Congo
News and Press Release2,54 millions de personnes assistées en 2018 grâce au fonds humanitaire RDC
Kinshasa, 24 mai 2019. En 2018, selon le Rapport annuel du Fonds Humanitaire en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), au moins 2,54 millions de personnes ont pu être assistées grâce aux projets...
World
News and Press ReleaseNote to Correspondents - Oslo conference on Ending SGBV in Humanitarian Crises
Note to Correspondents States, the United Nations and the ICRC today concluded the first-ever international conference to end sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in humanitarian crises, in...
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News and Press ReleaseActing together to end sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises [EN/AR]
Despite its criticality, protection from sexual and gender-based violence remains severely underfunded at less than 1 percent of all funds channelled to humanitarian assistance.
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News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory: UN Humanitarian Chief to co-host Oslo Conference on Ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Humanitarian Crises
WHO: Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Co-hosting the international conference on Ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence in...
Libya
News and Press ReleaseUN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya strongly condemns the blockage of the Great Man-Made River, cutting off water supply for hundreds of thousands of Libyans, 20 May 2019
Tripoli, 20 May 2019 On 19 May 2019, during late night hours, a water control station in the Jabal al-Hasawna – southwestern Libya, was deliberately shut down cutting off water supply from the Great...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseSomalia: $710 million needed to scale up drought response and avert a major crisis
The number of people in crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity or worse is expected to reach 2.2 million by July, if aid is not scaled up. This is more than 40% higher than in January.