Press releases and statements

The humanitarian situation in Gaza is catastrophic; it is amongst the worst we have witnessed and will likely only get worse as hostilities continue. The large majority of the civilian population is...

Transforming Humanitarian Action: People at the Centre On the occasion of the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2024 (GHO), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

The 7-day ceasefire brought respite to everyone; hostages were reunited with their families and desperately needed aid went into Gaza. We need more of this; all hostages released and considerably...

WHO: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Member States WHAT: High-Level Pledging Event for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2024 WHEN:...

Dubai, 3 December 2023 As delivered Welcome, everyone, to the Humanitarian Pavilion for this dialogue on the role of the Central Emergency Response Fund, or CERF, in the climate crisis. Since its...

COP28 Side Event Accelerating Climate Action and Finance to Countries and Communities Facing Multifaceted Crises: Launch of the COP28 Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery and Peace Dubai, 3...

New York, 1 December 2023 The past week offered us a glimpse of what can happen when the guns fall silent. The situation in Khan Younis today is a shocking reminder of what happens when they don’t. ...

Damascus, 1 December 2023 – I am deeply alarmed over the current militarization of a water facility in Ebreha town, Deir-ez-Zor Governorate. Ebreha water station is a raw water plant, which supplies...

Mogadishu, 30 November 2023 – Six months after Somalia emerged from a historic drought that pushed the country to the brink of widespread famine, another climate shock has struck as heavy rains and...

(Addis Ababa, 28 November 2023) In recent weeks, an estimated 1.5 million people in Ethiopia have been affected by ongoing floods and 600,000 displaced, intensifying the suffering of communities yet...