Bangui, 12 July 2017 – The Minister of Social Affairs and National Reconciliation, Virginie Baïkoua, and the Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic, Najat Rochdi, condemn with the...
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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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CAR
News and Press ReleaseJoint statement of the Humanitarian Coordinator and the Minister of Social Affairs and National Reconciliation on the deterioration of humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien: Statement to the Security Council on Yemen, 12 July 2017
New York, 12 July 2017 As delivered Thank you and thank you to Special Envoy, Ismail, for his statement to which I fully align. Mr President, Distinguished Representatives, Millions of Yemeni...
Iraq
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian funding is urgently required to assist 700,000 civilians displaced from Mosul [EN/AR/KU]
Only 43 per cent of the USD 985 million Humanitarian Response Plan for Iraq has been received. Nearly half of those displaced are living in 19 emergency camps.
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDR Congo: Six months into the year, humanitarian actors struggle to scale up response due to low funding
Half of the country's 26 provinces are affected by armed violence, ethnic conflict, diseases and natural disasters, all this within a volatile regional context and amid historically low levels of funding.
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDR Congo : Au cœur d’une crise humanitaire suffocante pour des millions de civils
Kinshasa, 7 juillet 2017 : Avec la moitié de ses 26 provinces touchées par les violences armées, les conflits intercommunautaires, les maladies et les catastrophes naturelles, tout ceci dans un...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseDernières violences en Centrafrique: Le Coordonnateur humanitaire appelle à mettre la protection des civils au dessus de tout
Bangui, le 4 juillet 2017 – La nouvelle vague de violence qui sévit au Centre et au Sud-Est de la République centrafricaine, notamment à Kaga Bandoro et à Zémio, plonge davantage le pays dans le...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseAppeal for funding to stabilize Gaza’s deteriorating humanitarian conditions
Humanitarian agencies in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) are calling upon the international community to provide US$25 million in new humanitarian funding to stabilize the spiralling...
Iraq
News and Press ReleaseThe United Nations Condemns the attack at Kilo 60 in Anbar [EN/AR/KU]
(Baghdad, 3 July 2017) – The United Nations condemns unequivocally the attack yesterday by a suicide bomber at the Kilo 60 transit site, west of Ramadi, where 14 people were reportedly killed and 13...
Angola + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUS$55 Million Needed For Life-Saving Assistance To DRC Refugees In Northern Angola
Since April, some 31,000 refugees have arrived in Angola’s Lunda Norte province, fleeing violent attacks in the DRC’s Kasai region. The number of refugees could reach 50,000.
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, Statement to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria, New York, 29 June 2017
As delivered Mr President and distinguished representatives, The conflict in Syria continues to grind on, day by day, month by month. A conflict where there can be no victory on the battlefield, a...