New York, 22 September 2023 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for joining this important event today. And thank you to my co-chairs for organizing this meeting. Millions of civilians...
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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News and Press ReleaseMs. Joyce Msuya, Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator: Statement at Protection of humanitarian personnel, infrastructure and respect for international humanitarian law
Mali
News and Press ReleaseThe Regional Humanitarian Fund for West and Central Africa allocates US$5.3 million to support the emergency response in Gao, Ménaka and Bandiagara regions
(Bamako, 20 September 2023): For the first allocation to Mali, the Regional Humanitarian Fund for West and Central Africa (FHRAOC) released five million three hundred and fifty thousand US dollars...
Libya
News and Press ReleaseSurvivors of Derna floods face trauma, uncertainty
Benghazi, 21 September 2023 – Providing psychosocial support to the thousands of people affected by Storm Daniel in eastern Libya 10 days ago is a priority, Georgette Gagnon, United Nations Resident...
Ukraine
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, on International Day of Peace [EN/ RU/UK]
The International Day of Peace. Let us take this day, and every single day that we wake, to think about the absence of peace in Ukraine and the consequences of war. Russia’s escalation of the war...
Sudan + 4 more
News and Press ReleaseThe Cost of Inaction in Sudan: Working Together in Support of the Humanitarian Situation in Sudan and the Region [EN/AR]
As hostilities and ethnic violence spread, the humanitarian crisis - now in its sixth month - threatens to consume the country, while Sudan’s neighbours face a rising influx of refugees and returnees.
Mali
News and Press Release5,3 millions de dollars alloués par le Fonds Humanitaire Régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre en appui à la réponse d’urgence dans les régions de Gao, Ménaka et Bandiagara
(Bamako, 20 septembre 2023) : Pour la première allocation au Mali, le Fonds humanitaire régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et centrale (FHRAOC) a alloué une enveloppe de cinq millions trois cent...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseRepresentatives of seven Member States visit the Gaza Strip
Today, representatives of seven Member States visited the Gaza Strip to mark World Humanitarian Day in the occupied Palestinian territory. Led by the Humanitarian Coordinator Lynn Hastings, the event...
Ukraine
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, on an attack that destroyed the Caritas-Spes warehouse in Lviv [EN/RU/UK]
I condemn in the strongest terms a Russian airstrike that destroyed the warehouse of the nongovernmental organization Caritas-Spes in Lviv, western Ukraine, in the early hours of today. The vital...
Malawi
News and Press ReleaseMs. Joyce Msuya, Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator: Statement at the Malawi Partners Conference 2023: Building Resilience and Sustainable Development in the face of Shocks
New York, 19 September 2023 Mr. President, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I truly appreciate the opportunity to participate in today’s event, an impressive milestone speaking volumes...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseJoint Statement on Yemen Humanitarian Situation and Funding Gap [EN/AR]
Already exhausted by more than eight years of war, over 21.6 million people, 75 percent of the Yemeni population, are grappling with humanitarian needs. The people of Yemen need and want to look into...