Press releases and statements

Sana’a/Cairo, 18 November 2015 Good morning everybody, In my capacity as the Humanitarian Coordinator for UN in Yemen, I would like to welcome you to this media briefing and thank you for partnering...

(Bangui, le 16 novembre 2015): Le Coordonnateur humanitaire, Aurélien A. Agbénonci, et l'ensemble de la communauté humanitaire en République centrafricaine (RCA) condamnent les attaques répétées sur...

(Bangui, 16 November 2015): The Humanitarian Coordinator, Aurélien A. Agbénonci, and the entire humanitarian community in the Central African Republic (CAR) condemn the repeated attacks on the...

Madam President, I would like to begin my intervention by expressing my deepest condolences to those affected by the recent ISIL attacks in France and Lebanon. Madam President, The Syria crisis is a...

New York, 16 November 2015 We - the leaders of the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Kuwait and the United Nations - are increasingly concerned about the plight of the Syrian people. We have been at...

Jerusalem, 16 November 2015 In operations to “deter others”, the family homes of five alleged perpetrators of attacks against Israelis in 2015 have been demolished by Israeli security forces since 14...

(Bamako, 12 novembre 2015) – La Coordonnatrice de l’action humanitaire au Mali, Mbaranga Gasarabwe, condamne l’augmentation des violences perpétrées contre les organisations humanitaires au Mali...

(New York, 12 November 2015) – United Nations humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien today released US$17 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support people affected by the worst...

(New York, 10 November 2015): The Head of Operations at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, John Ging, today applauded the pivotal role played by women in Mali’s...

El Niño has wreaked havoc on the summer rains, after failed spring rains, and has driven food insecurity, malnutrition and water shortages in affected areas of the country.