Press releases and statements

Tripoli, 22 February 2019 The United Nations was able to conduct on 21 February its first humanitarian mission to the Eastern Libyan city of Derna in over 5 years, where fighting recently ceased...

"The world’s humanitarian agencies do a good job in saving lives and reducing suffering among people caught up in conflict. But we do not do a good enough job for women and girls." - OCHA USG

Juba, 22 February 2019 – The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou, led a high-level delegation of UN agencies and nongovernmental organizations to Yei town in...

Yaoundé, le 20 février - Les besoins humanitaires au Cameroun ont augmenté d'un tiers cette année en raison de la recrudescence de l'insécurité et de la violence, laissant une personne sur six -...

More than one million people are living as refugees or IDPs, twice as many as one year ago, making Cameroon one of the fastest growing displacement crisis in Africa; three million are food insecure.

New York, 20 February 2019 As delivered Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to update the Council on the humanitarian implications of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory. As...

WHAT: High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen hosted by the United Nations and the governments of Switzerland and Sweden. WHEN: 26 February 2019, 10.00 – 17.00. Press briefing...

The United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) yesterday completed the delivery of much-needed humanitarian assistance to more than 40,000 displaced people at the remote Rukban...

An Emergency Plan has been launched, appealing for $100 million to provide food, water, shelter, healthcare and protection to 900,000 people hardest-hit by the crisis.

Ouagadougou, le 14 février : Le Burkina Faso fait face à des urgences humanitaires sans précédent du fait de la persistante de l'insécurité dans les régions du Centre-Nord, de l’Est et du Nord. Alors...