Press releases and statements

Today, on 23 September, the United Nations Secretary-General, the Presidents of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria, and other world leaders and international partners are attending a high-level event...

Aujourd'hui, le 23 Septembre, le Secrétaire général des Nations Unies, les présidents du Tchad, du Cameroun, du Niger et du Nigeria, ainsi que d'autres chefs d’Etat et les partenaires internationaux...

(New York, 22 September 2016): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on global leaders, civil society and international organizations to take forward major changes to address the...

by Stephen O'Brien | https://twitter.com/unreliefchief | United Nations Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. More than 40 out of the 65...

Carta abierta de OCHA, PNUD, Comité Internacional de Rescate (IRC por sus siglas en inglés), Consejo Noruego para los Refugiados (NRC por sus siglas en inglés) y el Relator Especial sobre los...

ERC O'Brien's Opening Remarks at London Conference Follow-up Session Excellencies, Ministers, distinguished guests, I would like to thank the Governments of the United Kingdom, Kuwait, Germany and...

Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon has submitted his annual report to the General Assembly outlining the use of the CERF in 2015. The report describes the activities of the Central Emergency Response Fund...

(Baghdad, 21 September 2016): Humanitarian agencies are racing against the clock to prepare for the humanitarian impact of the military campaign to oust the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...

Co-hosts statement issued on behalf of: The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, UK Secretary of State for International Development; Mr Stephen O’Brien, Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and...

More than 40 per cent of the country’s population do not have sufficient food, according to a new assessment report released today in Mogadishu. This includes over 300,000 children under five.