This is to clarify the facts following reporting in some media on an incident at a frontline check point in Taizz Governorate with the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Stephen O’Brien, today in...
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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Yemen
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Note to correspondents, Tuesday 28 February
Nigeria + 16 more
News and Press ReleaseLa conférence humanitaire d’Oslo pour le Nigeria et la région du lac Tchad lève $672 millions
• Promesses de contribution à hauteur de $458 millions de dollars américains pour 2017 et $214 millions pour 2018 et au-delà, annoncées par 14 donateurs • La conférence a donné une voix aux personnes...
Nigeria + 16 more
News and Press ReleaseOslo humanitarian conference for Nigeria and the Lake Chad region raises $672 million to help people in need
Humanitarian partners agreed to further scale up their response to reach the most vulnerable groups threatened by famine, including children with severe acute malnutrition. Nearly 11 million people urgently need humanitarian assistance.
oPt
News and Press ReleaseUN officials visit Palestinian community under transfer threat - call on Israel to respect international law
Today, the Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and UN Development Activities for the occupied Palestinian territory, Robert Piper, and Director of UNRWA Operations in the West Bank, Scott Anderson,...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseCentrafrique : le coordonnateur humanitaire exige un accès humanitaire exempt de toute entrave et conditionnalité
Bangui, le 22 février 2017 - Le Coordonnateur humanitaire, a.i. en République centrafricaine, Aboubacry Tall, appelle les parties au conflit dans les préfectures de la Ouaka et de la Haute Kotto à...
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, 22 February 2017
Mr. President, Three years ago - to this day - this Council adopted unanimously resolution 2139. Next month, we will mark a grim anniversary: six years of war that have devastated a nation, its...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseCentral African Republic: The Humanitarian Coordinator calls for free and unhindered humanitarian access
OCHA calls for unimpeded access to thousands of displaced people affected by renewed clashes between armed groups in Ouaka and Haute Kotto provinces.
Nigeria + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseConférence humanitaire d’Oslo pour le Nigeria et la région du lac Tchad
La crise humanitaire en cours dans le Bassin du Lac Tchad et, au Tchad, dans la région du Lac, a été largement négligée en 2016. Elle a atteint des proportions graves qui nécessitent une réponse...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseJoint Statement by the UN Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, on the safety and protection of civilians in Al Bab, Damascus and Amman, 21 February 2017 [EN/AR]
The United Nations is deeply concerned over the fate of an estimated 5,000 civilians trapped by fighting in and around the town of Al Bab in northern Syria. “We urgently call on all parties to the...
Nigeria
News and Press ReleaseTimely funding crucial in sustaining scale-up of humanitarian response in Nigeria
As relief organizations increase response to the humanitarian emergency in the north-east of Nigeria, more support is required to sustain life-saving assistance to millions devastated by Boko Haram-linked violence.