US$ 3 millions alloués par le Fonds Humanitaire pour la crise dans la région du Kasaï Le 29 mai 2017, le Coordonnateur Humanitaire Dr Mamadou Diallo a approuvé une allocation de 3 millions de dollars...
Press releases and statements
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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DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseRD Congo : Note d’information du 31 mai 2017
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, Statement to the Security Council on Syria, New York, 30 May 2017
As delivered Mr. President, The cruel conflict in Syria continues to tear families apart, inflicts brutal suffering on the innocent, and leaves them pleading for protection and justice. I readily...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O'Brien, Statement to the Security Council on Yemen, 30 May 2017
As delivered Mr. President, Thank you. I thank the Special Envoy for his statement to which I fully align. The people of Yemen are being subjected to deprivation, disease and death as the world...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseThe Humanitarian Coordinator Strongly Condemns the Resurgence of Religious and Ethnic Based Attacks
Najat Rochdi bemoaned a resurgence of violent atrocities with ethnic and religious connotations. Over the last week, six women and several children were killed based on their religious affiliations.
CAR
News and Press ReleaseLe Coordonnateur Humanitaire condamne la resurgence d’attaques à connotation religieuse et ethnique
Bangui, le 28 mai 2017 – Le Coordonnateur humanitaire en République centrafricaine, Najat Rochdi, exprime sa grande inquiétude face à la résurgence des violences, des atrocités et de la violation des...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the humanitarian coordinator in Yemen Mr. Jamie McGoldrick on the recent escalation of violence in Taizz city [EN/AR]
Approximately 70% of the war-wounded are women and children. They bear most of the consequences of the war and the continuing disregard for the protection of civilians, said the UNHC.
Iraq
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O‘Brien, Statement on protection of civilians in Mosul’s Old City, Iraq [EN/AR/KU]
Government asked civilians in districts surrounding and inside the Old City to leave and seek safety across government lines. Around 200,000 additional people could flee Mosul in coming days.
CAR
News and Press ReleaseJoint Statement of the Humanitarian Coordinator and the Minister of Social Affairs and National Reconciliation on the Humanitarian Situation in the Central African Republic
The number of displaced persons has been on an upward trend since January 2017. The outbreaks of tension of the past two weeks have caused the displacement of about 100,000 people.
CAR
News and Press ReleaseDéclaration Conjointe du Ministre des Affaires Sociales et de la Réconciliation Nationale et du Coordonnateur Humanitaire sur la situation humanitaire en Centrafrique
Bangui, le 25 mai 2017 – La violence a encore frappé la ville de Bria, au Centre de la République centrafricaine. Entre le 15 et le 18 mai, à cause d’affrontements d’une violence inouïe entre groupes...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseLe Coordonnateur Humanitaire apporte son soutien à la population de Bangassou
Bangui, le 24 mai 2017 – L’attaque que des individus armés ont mené contre Bangassou le 13 mai 2017 a fait plus de 4 400 déplacés, 72 morts et 76 blessés. Les affrontements intercommunautaires qui...