As delivered Thank you, Mr. President, Let me begin by welcoming the action you have taken today to adopt Security Council resolution 2393. I note your request to the Secretary-General to conduct an...
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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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Syria
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 Syria, 19 December 2017
South Sudan
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian Coordinator gravely concerned over six missing aid workers in South Sudan
(Juba, 19 December 2017): The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou has expressed grave concern over six aid workers who went missing on Sunday, 17 December 2017, on the road...
Nigeria
News and Press ReleaseUN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria gravely concerned by ambush on convoy carrying humanitarian items in Borno State
The UN HC, Edward Kallon, deplores the deadly ambush on a convoy carrying humanitarian food supplies for conflict-affected persons on Saturday 16 December.
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseStatement by Toby Lanzer, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator: Polio Vaccination in Shahwalikot Now Crucial [EN/Dari/PS]
The district of Shahwalikot in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province has the highest number of polio cases of any district in the world, putting at risk hundreds of thousands of children.
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseStatement by humanitarian organizations in Yemen on allegations of corruption and bias in the provision of relief assistance, 17 December 2017
As humanitarian organizations working in Yemen we condemn in the strongest possible terms the allegations of corruption and bias in the provision of relief assistance that continue to be put forward...
South Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSouth Sudan: Aid agencies appeal for $1.72 billion to assist 6 million people amidst rising needs
(Juba, 13 December 2017): The humanitarian community in South Sudan has today launched an appeal for US$1.72 billion to provide critical and life-saving assistance to 6 million people affected by...
Nigeria
News and Press ReleaseUN allocates $13.4 million to support 1 million people with life-saving aid in North-East Nigeria
(Abuja, 11 December 2017): The United Nations, through the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, has allocated $13.4 million to help thousands of children, women and men in need of urgent humanitarian...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, Calling on Parties to Facilitate Unimpeded Aid Delivery [EN/AR]
The parties to the conflict have an obligation to fully facilitate sustained and unimpeded humanitarian access, as required by international humanitarian law, says Jamie McGoldrick.
Iraq + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseGenerous German funding will significantly help vulnerable people in Iraq [EN/AR/KU]
(Baghdad, 10 December 2017): The Federal Foreign Office of Germany has generously donated EUR 30 million (USD 34.8 million) to the Iraq Humanitarian Fund (IHF), a pooled fund led by the Humanitarian...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseoPt Humanitarian Fund releases US$2.2 million to alleviate urgent humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip
Today, the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities, Robert Piper, released US$ 2.2 million from the occupied Palestinian territory Humanitarian Fund (oPt HF) to cover urgent...