Press releases and statements

(Addis Ababa, 19 August 2016): The Government of Ethiopia and humanitarian partners gathered in Addis Ababa today to celebrate 2016 World Humanitarian Day. World Humanitarian Day, which is held on 19...

(Yangon, 19 August 2016): On World Humanitarian Day, aid workers in Myanmar are calling for solidarity with all people in humanitarian need around the country and across the globe. “Today, the scale...

(Gaziantep, 19 August 2016): Today the United Nations in Gaziantep, Turkey, commemorates World Humanitarian Day (WHD) on this the 13th anniversary of the 2003 UN headquarters bombing in Baghdad when...

Port-au-Prince, le 19 Août 2016.- Au lendemain du Sommet Humanitaire Mondial (WHS), et six ans après le tremblement de terre dévastateur de 2010, les besoins humanitaires en Haïti restent importants...

A $50 million reduction would have a devastating impact CERF is facing an immediate shortfall and urgently requires an additional $50 million in contributions to reach the annual funding target for...

(New York, 16 August 2016) Today, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, released US$50 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for severely underfunded aid operations...

(Bangui, 12 August 2016): “I assure the people of the Central African Republic (CAR) that the UN and our humanitarian partners are fully committed to support the Government in its fight against this...

The people of Yemen continue to bear the brunt of the suffering as a result of the inability of the parties to find a political solution to a conflict that has been raging for more than a year and a half.

US$612.4 million urgently needed to address food and non-food needs for 9.7million people Addis Ababa, 12 August 2016: On 12 August, the Government of Ethiopia officially launched the revision of the...

UN urgently calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting in Aleppo to repair the electricity and water networks, and provide humanitarian assistance to people in need.