Press releases and statements

Genève, le 8 mai - Les hauts responsables de l'ONU au Burkina Faso, Mali et Niger ont averti aujourd'hui que l'insécurité et les attaques armées dans le Sahel ont atteint des niveaux sans précédent...

An international conference on Ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Humanitarian Crises will take place in Oslo, Norway, 23-24 May 2019. The conference is hosted by the Norwegian Government...

On 5 May, a UN technical team led by WFP gained access to the Red Sea Mills as part of initial efforts to salvage a stock of 51,000MT of wheat flour stored at the facility.

Une conférence internationale intitulée « Mettre fin à la violence sexuelle et basée sur le genre dans les crises humanitaires » se tiendra à Oslo, en Norvège, les 23 et 24 mai 2019. La conférence...

WHO: Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Myanmar WHEN: 9-15 May 2019 WHERE: Yangon, Kachin State, Rakhine...

As we respond to the urgent needs generated by Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth, I would like to reiterate, on behalf of the entire Humanitarian Country Team in Mozambique, our Zero Tolerance policy...

WHO: Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Myanmar and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...

Today, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick called for an immediate halt to the Israeli authorities’ destruction of Palestinian-owned property in East Jerusalem. “Demolitions in East...

Baghdad, 29 April 2019 - The humanitarian community in Iraq is appealing for US$701 million this year to support 1.75 million highly vulnerable people, including a million internally displaced...

On Sunday, Mark Lowcock released a US$13 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund to provide life-saving food, shelter, health, water and sanitation assistance.