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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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien: Statement on the resumption of life-saving assistance at the Jordan-Syria border

Statement on the resumption of life-saving assistance at the Jordan-Syria border: I welcome the resumption today of UN inter-agency humanitarian aid operations at the “berm” along the Syrian-Jordan...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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The UN Humanitarian Coordinator In Jordan Announces The Resumption Of Life-Saving Humanitarian Assistance At The Jordanian-Syrian Borders

The resumption of assistance to 85,000 stranded Syrians comes at the start of the coldest period of the year. The area was sealed off after the June 2016 attacks on Jordanian military personnel.

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  • International Organization for Migration
  • UN Children's Fund
  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Libya

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Statement by the Acting Humanitarian Coordinator on Libya [EN/AR]

(Tunis: 21 November 2016) The United Nations is extremely concerned by the continued worsening humanitarian situation in Ganfouda area in Benghazi due to increased hostilities over the past week. “I...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Syria

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Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria and the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator, 19 November 2016 [EN/AR]

The United Nations is extremely saddened and appalled by the recent escalation in fighting in several parts of Syria and calls on all parties to cease indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian...

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

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UN HC/RC Neil Buhne visits North Waziristan Agency

ISLAMABAD (19 November, 2016): Upon conclusion of a two-day visit to North Waziristan Agency, Neil Buhne United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan said he was impressed by...

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

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Humanitarian action: a catalyst for stabilization and recovery in CAR

Bangui, 18 November 2016 - The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic (CAR), Fabrizio Hochschild, sensitized representatives of the international community present at the Brussels...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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