Press releases and statements

New York, 1 November 2023 Scores of civilians have reportedly been killed in Gaza following recent attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp. This is just the latest atrocity to befall the people of Gaza...

The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$20 million for the urgent needs of people affected by the multidimensional humanitarian crisis in Yemen. In September 2023, the...

Briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question Thank you, Mr. President. New York, 30 October 2023 As delivered I am delivering this statement on behalf of Emergency...

Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has commenced a visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. In a social media post earlier today, Mr. Griffiths said Palestinian and Israeli...

Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria 30 October 2023 As delivered Thank you, Mr. President In recent weeks, the world’s attention has been fixed on the crisis in...

The Jeddah talks cannot have started soon enough. More than six months since the start of the crisis in Sudan, the humanitarian tragedy in the country continues to unfold unabated. Thousands of...

Sana’a, 28 October 2023 – This statement is attributable to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly. I am deeply dismayed to learn of the death of a staff member of Save...

(New York, 27 October 2023) The Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya, will arrive in Mozambique’s capital Maputo on Saturday, 28...

Kinshasa, 25 October 2023: Humanitarian sources have reported that more than twenty civilians were killed, and several others wounded in an armed attack on the population of Oicha, in the territory...

Jerusalem, 26 October 2023 The IDF continues to notify people in Gaza City that those who stay in their homes will put themselves in danger. In some cases, the notification urges people to go to a...