QUI : Ursula Mueller, Sous-secrétaire générale des Nations unies aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnatrice adjointe des secours d'urgence QUOI : Visite au Burkina Faso QUAND : 2 – 5 mars 2019 OÙ :...
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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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Burkina Faso
News and Press ReleaseVisite de la Sous-Secrétaire Générale des Nations Unies et Coordonnatrice Adjointe des Secours d'Urgence au Burkina Faso
Nigeria
News and Press ReleaseA Statement by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, Marking One Year Since the Killing of Aid Workers in Rann, Borno State
Abuja, 1 March 2019 - Today marks one year since the deadly attack on Rann town in Borno State, that claimed the young lives of three dedicated aid workers, who were providing life-saving...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseHaïti et la communauté humanitaire lancent un appel de 126.2 millions de dollars en vue d’assister d’urgence à 1.3 million de personnes en 2019
Port-au-Prince, jeudi 28 février 2019 - Le Gouvernement Haïtien et la communauté humanitaire ont lancé aujourd'hui un appel de fonds de 126,2 millions de dollars en vue de répondre aux besoins...
Zimbabwe
News and Press ReleaseUrgent Scale-Up in Humanitarian Response Required in Zimbabwe
UN humanitarian chief approved $10 million allocation from the Central Emergency Response Fund, while more is required to help 5.3 million people in need of assistance.
Mali
News and Press ReleaseMali : 296 millions de dollars recherchés par les acteurs humanitaires pour assister 2,3 millions de personnes en 2019
(Bamako, 27 février 2019) – Face à l’ampleur des besoins humanitaires et à l’urgence de la réponse requise, la communauté humanitaire lance aujourd’hui un appel de fonds d’un montant de 296 millions...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseDonors pledge over $2.6 billion to ramp up humanitarian aid in Yemen
The 2019 HRP requires $4 billion to reach 21.4 million people who are barely surviving, with more than half the funding going towards emergency food aid for 12 million people.
Syria
News and Press ReleaseOn behalf of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, UN OCHA Officer-in-Charge, Director of Advocacy and Operations, Mrs. Reena Ghelani, 26 February 2019
“Staggering levels” of humanitarian need persist throughout Syria, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told Security Council members on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock to Visit Zimbabwe and Malawi
WHO: Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Zimbabwe and Malawi WHEN: 27 February-1 March in Zimbabwe and 1-2 March in Malawi ...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseUSD 4.2 billion needed to provide life-saving assistance to 21.4 million people in Yemen in 2019 [EN/AR]
Eighty per cent of the entire population - 24.1 million people - requires some form of humanitarian assistance or protection: Ten million people are a step away from famine and starvation; seven million are malnourished.
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseNine civilians are killed and at least 13 injured in attacks in Hodeidah and Hajjah [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 22 February 2019 – Reports from Hodeidah confirmed that on 19 February, 8 civilians were killed and another 10 people injured when an artillery shell landed on Al Azeeb market in the Al...