Press releases and statements

(Port Sudan, 13 September 2023): I am appalled by the killing of dozens of civilians in an attack on a crowded market in southern Khartoum on Sunday, 10 September 2023. Scores more were injured, many...

STATEMENT BY THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, DENISE BROWN, ON TODAY’S ATTACKS THAT HIT UKRAINE’S DANUBE PORTS It is hugely alarming to hear that the two Ukrainian ports in the Danube River...

STATEMENT BY THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, DENISE BROWN, ON THE KILLING OF FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS IN THE DONETSK REGION Yesterday was yet another tragic day for civilians in Ukraine. Two...

(Juba, 6 September 2023) Dwindling resources amidst growing needs have forced humanitarian agencies to prioritize the delivery of vital life-saving support which risks leaving millions behind, the...

STATEMENT BY THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, DENISE BROWN, ON ATTACKS THAT TODAY KILLED AND INJURED DOZENS OF CIVILIANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY I am shattered by the news of a series of attacks...

The funds bring the CERF’s total support through its Underfunded Emergencies window to more than $270 million this year - the largest annual amount ever allocated, to the highest number of countries.

I strongly condemn yet another Russian attack hitting port facilities in the Danube River, in Ukraine’s Odesa Region in the early hours of the morning. The strike not only caused damage to this...

Nearly half of Haiti's population needs humanitarian and food assistance, with almost 200,000 people being forced to flee their homes, a tenfold increase in the past two years.

Port-au-Prince, Haïti, 31 août 2023 - La communauté humanitaire en Haïti cherche à mobiliser la communauté internationale alors que le pays est témoin d’une escalade continue de violences perpétrées...

Millions of people have been displaced in Sudan. Nearly one million others have fled across its borders. A protracted conflict in Sudan could tip the entire region into a humanitarian catastrophe.