Press releases and statements

The following is a summary of information provided by the Ethiopian National Meteorological Agency (NMA) and the UK Met Office, on the current sea surface temperature in the tropical Pacific Ocean...

(Baghdad, 17 October 2016): The intensification of military operations to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) could affect up to 1.5 million people in the...

Families are at risk of being caught in cross-fire, targeted by snipers, held under siege or used as human shields. Thousands fear expulsion or being trapped between the fighting lines.

The Agenda for Humanity • The world is at a critical juncture. 130 million people around the world are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection – the highest numbers since the Second...

The Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan for 2016 is 55 per cent funded, leaving a gap of $86 million. More funding is urgently required to scale-up the response, particularly in education and health.

Bamako, 13 octobre 2016) - Le Sous-secrétaire général des Nations Unies et Coordonnateur Humanitaire Régional pour le Sahel, Toby Lanzer, termine aujourd’hui une visite de quatre jours au Mali et se...

Bangui, le 13 October 2016 - The Minister of Social Affairs and National Reconciliation, Virginie Baïkoua, and the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Central African Republic, Fabrizio Hochschild,...

Bangui, le 13 octobre 2016 - La ministre des Affaires sociales et de la réconciliation nationale, Virginie Baïkoua, et le Coordonnateur humanitaire en République centrafricaine, Fabrizio Hochschild,...

Bangui, 12 October 2016 – The acting Humanitarian Coordinator for the Central African Republic, Mohamed Malick Fall, strongly condemns the relapse of violence that hit Kaga Bandoro, Nana Gribizi...

Bangui, le 12 octobre 2016 - Le Coordonnateur humanitaire, a.i. en République centrafricaine, Mohamed Malick Fall, condamne fermement la nouvelle flambée de violence qui a secoué Kaga Bandoro,...