Humanitarian operations in Gaza provide a life-line for 1.1 million Palestinians. The allegations made public late last week by the Israeli Security Agency against the head of World Vision’s Gaza...
Press releases and statements
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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oPt
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Robert Piper on the allegations against Mr. Mohammad El Halabi of World Vision International in Gaza
Nigeria
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian Community Reaffirms Commitment to Maintain Delivery of Life-Saving Aid in Nigeria’s North-East
(Abuja: 5 August 2016): The acting Humanitarian Coordinator Mr. Munir Safieldin completed a mission this week to evaluate the humanitarian situation in the north-east of the country following the...
South Sudan
News and Press ReleaseUN Humanitarian Chief condemns violence against civilians and aid workers in South Sudan
(Juba, 3 August 2016): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, concluded his three-day mission to South Sudan today, calling...
South Sudan
News and Press ReleaseUN Humanitarian Chief Stephen O’Brien to Visit South Sudan
UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF STEPHEN O’BRIEN TO VISIT SOUTH SUDAN WHO: Stephen O’Brien, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to South Sudan...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien Statement on Aleppo Humanitarian Access
The situation for people trapped in eastern Aleppo remains of the gravest concern. As I told the UN Security Council on Monday, we demand safe, regular and sustained access to the quarter of a...
Nigeria + 4 more
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien Statement to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad Basin
The means to support the humanitarian response in northeast Nigeria, and throughout the Lake Chad Basin, does not match the staggering scale of need: Humanitarian Response Plans are under-funded.
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseThe Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen Jamie McGoldrick calls for an immediate humanitarian pause in Taizz governorate [EN/AR]
Ibb, 26 July 2016: I am extremely concerned by reports of rising tensions in Taizz Governorate and in particular the reinforcement of the closure on Taizz city as well as the escalation of...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien Statement on Syria to the Security Council, New York, 25 July 2016
This must include a restoration and consolidation of the cessation of hostilities; all necessary action to ensure safe, sustained, unhindered and unconditional access; and an immediate end to the sieges.
Madagascar + 6 more
News and Press ReleaseDeputy Emergency Relief Coordinator calls for urgent action to assist millions of drought-affected people in Southern Africa
The scale of the drought is stretching national coping capacities. Hard-won development gains and even minimum coping mechanisms hang in the balance.
Nigeria + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseFood convoy reaches remote town of Banki in North-East Nigeria
(Maiduguri, Abuja: 21 July 2016): On Thursday 21 July vital food supplies were transported to Banki in north-east Nigeria when a humanitarian convoy reached the town. The World Food Program (WFP)...