Press releases and statements

The UN is calling on all parties to the conflict to ensure the protection of civilians from the effects of violence in eastern Deir-ez-Zor, following increased reports of civilian deaths and injuries...

Damascus, 15 September 2017 United Nations supplies arrived in Deir-ez-Zor city yesterday where 93,500 people are in urgent need of assistance. After being besieged by ISIL for three years, the...

The three-month Regional Response Plan aims to cover the urgent needs of the most vulnerable populations in the Caribbean’s most impacted nations, territories and states.

CAR is experiencing the worst displacement crisis since the 2013 catastrophe, when the conflict turned sectarian. In Bangui, the capital, almost 1 million people were forced to flee their homes in...

Nouvel incendie d’un site de déplacés dans le Tanganyika Plus de 3 000 ménages déplacés qui vivaient dans le site spontané de Kalonda depuis février 2017, sont actuellement sans abris suite à un...

Important progress has been made in delivering life-saving relief to millions of people in north-east Nigeria. However, the complex Lake Chad Basin crisis will require sustained international support over the coming years.

Bangui, le 12 septembre 2017 – Le Coordonnateur humanitaire en République centrafricaine, Najat Rochdi, condamne l'attaque ciblée contre les civils et les organisations humanitaires à Batangafo. Elle...

The first cholera cases were identified in north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno State on 16 August, despite extensive efforts to improve sanitation conditions in camps and to raise awareness of the...

More than US$20 million is required for humanitarian response in support of the public school system -- $14 million for the Gaza Strip alone and $6 million for the West Bank.

(Niamey, le 11 septembre 2017): A la fin de sa mission de trois jours au Niger, le Secrétaire général adjoint aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnateur des secours d'urgence des Nations Unies, Mark...