Press releases and statements

2.3 million people - more than half of the country's population - are in dire need of urgent humanitarian assistance nearly three years after the outbreak of violence.

(Abuja and Dakar, 27 November 2015): “Extreme violence in the North-East of Nigeria is the most visible driver of instability and need for emergency relief across the Lake Chad Basin, but abject...

(Abuja et Dakar - 27 Novembre 2015): « La violence extrême dans le nord-est du Nigéria est le facteur le plus visible de l'instabilité et la nécessité de l’action humanitaire autour du bassin du Lac...

Amman, New York, 25 November 2015 This statement is attributable to Kevin Kennedy, Assistant-Secretary-General and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, and Zainab Hawa Bangura,...

Background The Asia-Pacific series of Conferences on Military Assistance to Disaster Relief Operations (APC-MADRO) that took place over a five-year period1, were organized with the aim of developing...

Checked against delivery 24 NOVEMBER 2015, NEW YORK Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for this opportunity to brief you on preparations for the World Humanitarian Summit. In recent...

The UN humanitarian chief calls for unhindered delivery of life-saving assistance and protection to civilians as the humanitarian situation in the central Yemeni city is worsening.

(Juba, 23 November 2015): The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Mr. Eugene Owusu, strongly condemns the armed robbery of the Nile Hope compound in Juba on 20 November. During the robbery, aid...

UNIVERSAL CHILDREN’S DAY Amman, Jordan 20 November 2015 “The conflict in Syria has raged for five years. It is estimated that 250,000 people have lost their lives and over one million have been...

(New York, 19 November 2015): The Head of Operations for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, John Ging, warned that the health and education systems in Yemen are on the brink...