Press releases and statements

Overall, 1.6 million Palestinians are moderately to severely food insecure; almost US$323 million of the funding sought is to enhance food security, and some US$112 million is for shelter.

Remarks delivered on behalf of Robert Piper, Coordinator for Humanitarian and UN Development Activities for the occupied Palestinian territory Ramallah, 10 February 2016 Good morning everyone. On...

Regarding the article: “Aiding Disaster: How the United Nations’ OCHA Helped Assad and Hurt Syrians in Need” (published 1 February 2016 in ‘Snapshot’, Foreign Affairs) Dr. Sparrow’s article...

(Juba, 9 February 2016): With humanitarian needs rising in South Sudan, the Humanitarian Coordinator has called for urgent funding to enable aid organizations to rapidly scale-up humanitarian action...

(New York, 8 February 2016) I am gravely concerned by reports that over 30,000 civilians have been displaced from Aleppo city and other areas in northern Syria over the past week, by heavy clashes...

Latest assessment confirms persistently high and alarming levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, with an estimated 4.7 million people, nearly 40 per cent of the population, needing assistance.

(Juba, 5 February 2016): Following the adoption of the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Bill by the National Legislative Assembly, the humanitarian community has called on the Government of the...

(Bamako, 2 février 2016) – Les organisations humanitaires au Mali cherchent à mobiliser 354 millions de dollars (environ 200 milliards de FCFA) en 2016 pour aider les personnes touchées par la crise...

While 7.5 million are in need of assistance, aid agencies will address the most pressing needs of people whose lives have been affected by years of conflict and insecurity.

In total, 127 projects are planned this year to help one million people, mainly in the Northern and central areas of the country that have been affected by the conflict.