Press releases and statements

"Sadly, for most people, we expect multiple shocks, including the negative impact of climate change, which will continue to drive acute needs next year,” says the Acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator.

Damascus and Amman, 25 November 2023 Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Every year, this day also kicks off the global 16 Days of Activism campaign against...

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs confirms that 61 trucks of aid were delivered to northern Gaza today, the largest number since 7 October. They included food, water and...

During the humanitarian pause that has been in place since this morning, the UN was able to scale up the delivery of humanitarian assistance into and across Gaza. 200 trucks were dispatched from...

STATEMENT BY THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, DENISE BROWN, ON ATTACKS IMPACTING CRITICAL SERVICES IN FRONT-LINE COMMUNITIES I am deeply worried as attacks by the Russian Armed Forces on...

I welcome the agreement reached by Israel and Hamas, with the mediation of Qatar supported by Egypt and the United States. I hope it brings some respite to the people of Gaza and Israel and some...

Niamey, 21 novembre 2023 – OCHA constate que des chiffres erronés indiquant 4,7 millions de personnes en besoin d’une assistance humanitaire vitale au Niger ont été récemment diffusés par des médias...

« Le 16 novembre 2023, j’ai rendu visite à une vingtaine d’enfants accompagnés d’une quinzaine de femmes et de plusieurs membres du personnel de santé évacués d’un centre hospitalier de...

(New York, 17 November 2023) Wrapping up a visit to four countries in southern and eastern Africa ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28), Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian...

« On 16 November 2023, I visited a group of some twenty children accompanied by fifteen women and several health workers evacuated from a Port-au-Prince hospital following the violent clashes between...