Press releases and statements

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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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GPP Partner Agencies: Update on Activities – April 3, 2017

All public GPP documents are available on the ‘Agenda for Humanity’ website, in the initiatives section: http://www.agendaforhumanity.org/initiatives/gpp Development of Documentation The ‘Framework...

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  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
  • UN Development Programme
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Syria

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Under-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, 30 March 2017

Amid hope that 2017 would bring noticeable improvements in the level of humanitarian access, the ability of the United Nations to reach millions in need was no better than this time in 2016.

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Yemen

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Humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, statement on the humanitarian situation in Yemen two years into the escalation of the conflict [EN/AR]

Two years of relentless conflict have devastated the lives of millions of people. Some seven million women, children, and men could be put at risk of famine in 2017.

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen
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Syria

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United Nations Assistant-Secretary and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, Kevin Kennedy – Statement on International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members [EN/AR]

Amman, 25 March 2017 The United Nations marked the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members with a renewed call for the immediate release or information of over two...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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