Iveagh House, Dublin, Ireland, 23 March 2018 I am delighted to be in Dublin today. Ireland has always been a champion of principled humanitarian action, and has been a great support to my office,...
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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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World
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock: A Casement Lecture: Towards a Better System for Humanitarian Financing
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock: Statement to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, New York, 19 March 2018
With around 13 million people in need of assistance, the humanitarian crisis in the country will only worsen if violence is not brought under control and there is no political transition, the UN relief chief warns.
Syria
News and Press ReleaseStatement attributed to Ali Al-Za’tari, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria, on the catastrophic situation for people from East Ghouta and Afrin, 19 March 2018 [EN/AR]
Damascus, 19 March 2018 The UN in Syria is urgently appealing for help to stem the catastrophic situation for tens of thousands of people from East Ghouta and Afrin. Having seen firsthand the...
Congo
News and Press ReleasePool : 70 millions de dollars pour l’urgence et le relèvement de 114.000 personnes en quête d’assistance
Brazzaville, 16 Mars 2018 – 70,7 millions de dollars sont nécessaires pour poursuivre l’assistance humanitaire et amorcer le relèvement de 114.000 personnes dans le Département du Pool, ont annoncé...
Congo
News and Press ReleasePool : 70 million dollars for humanitarian response and early recovery for 114,000 people in need of assistance
Brazzaville, 16 March 2018 – 70.7 million dollars are needed to provide humanitarian assistance and to stimulate recovery for 114,000 people in the Pool Department, according to the announcement of...
Nigeria
News and Press ReleaseUN allocates $9 million to support life-saving aid in north-east Nigeria
(Abuja, 15 March 2018): The United Nations, through the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, has allocated US$9 million to provide life-saving aid to some 60,000 children, women and men recently displaced by...
oPt
News and Press Release$539 million funding appeal to address humanitarian needs in Palestine during 2018
Today, the Minister of Social Development of the State of Palestine, H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shaer, and the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, launched the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP)...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseLe chef de l’aide humanitaire de l'ONU et le Royaume des Pays-Bas appellent au soutien international urgent pour répondre aux besoins humanitaires en République démocratique du Congo
(Kinshasa, 13 mars 2018). Le chef de l’aide humanitaire de l’ONU , Mark Lowcock, et la Ministre du Commerce extérieur et de la Coopération au développement du Royaume des Pays-Bas, Sigrid Kaag, ont...
Ukraine
News and Press ReleaseUN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Neal Walker - Statement on humanitarian impact of continued shelling near the Donetsk Filter Station [EN/UK]
(KYIV, 14 March 2018) – I am deeply concerned that water treatment workers and critical infrastructure continue to be targeted in eastern Ukraine’s armed conflict. It is unacceptable that in the last...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseUN Humanitarian Chief and Dutch Minister call for urgent international support to meet spiralling humanitarian needs in DR Congo
More than 13 million people in DRC need help, with more than 4.6 million children acutely malnourished. Epidemics are spreading, including the worst outbreak of cholera in 15 years.