Press releases and statements

Amman, 30 October 2017 As delivered Madame President, This is my second briefing to you on the humanitarian situation in Syria. In Amman today I have discussed the position with the Jordanian...

UN Relief Chief in Yemen stresses the need for more funding and better humanitarian access to the population, calling on all parties to ensure respect for international humanitarian law.

Since October 2016, inter-communal tensions fueled by armed groups have continuously increased. In the absence of an effective judicial system and of the delivery of State services, armed groups have...

Funding was also pledged for the humanitarian response inside Myanmar where violence, insecurity and growing humanitarian needs have sent nearly 600,000 Rohingya from the northern Rakhine state into Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh since 25 August.

WHO: Mark Lowcock, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs WHAT: Mission to Yemen WHEN: 24-28 October 2017 WHERE: Aden, Sana’a and other governorates UN...

During the past week, well over 100,000 civilians fled from Kirkuk and other disputed areas. Agencies are reaching highly vulnerable families with emergency assistance on a daily basis.

(New York, 19 October 2017): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced last week the appointment of nine new members of the Advisory Group of the Central Emergency Response Fund...

(Baghdad, 17 October 2017): In the past 48 hours, an estimated 61,200 people have been displaced in areas around Kirkuk. Humanitarian partners have dispatched mobile health clinics and are providing...

Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director...

Invitation to the press Media representatives are invited to cover the international donor Pledging Conference for the Rohingya Refugee Crisis on Monday 23 October in Geneva, Switzerland. Invited by...