Press releases and statements

The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith surrounded by cameras
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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News and Press Release

L’insécurité alimentaire menace la République centrafricaine

Le PAM a annoncé qu’il ne sera plus en mesure de fournir d’aide alimentaire après janvier faute de ressources financières suffisantes. Il a besoin de 21,5 millions de dollars pour faire face à cette crise.

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Syria

News and Press Release

Four million people in Damascus have no access to water [EN/AR]

Two primary sources of drinking water, which provide clean and safe water for 70 percent of the population in and around the capital, are not functioning due to deliberate targeting.

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  • UN Country Team in Syria
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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oPt

News and Press Release

Record number of demolitions in 2016; casualty toll declines

In 2016, Israeli authorities demolished or seized 1,089 Palestinian-owned structures in the West Bank, displacing 1,593 Palestinians. Highest demolition and displacement figures since OCHA started recording them in 2009

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Syria

News and Press Release

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien Statement to the Security Council on Syria, New York, 23 December 2016

"The evacuation of East Aleppo may have concluded, but 700,000 civilians are still trapped in besieged locations while humanitarians continue to struggle to access them", the Security Council was told.

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Iraq

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The UN condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing and wounding of civilians and aid workers during the distribution of life-saving assistance in eastern Mosul [EN/AR/KU]

The UN condemns the killing of civilians and aid workers in two separate incidents in eastern Mosul. More than 356,000 people affected by the military campaign have received aid.

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