Press releases and statements

World Humanitarian Day storytelling campaign calls for greater sense of global citizenship using the power of social media (New York, 13 August 2015) – The social media pages of millions of people...

(Pyongyang/Bangkok, 13 August 2015) A long period of abnormally dry weather affecting DPR Korea has resulted in drought, impacting agricultural production, reducing access to water and leading to a...

Needs are enormous but only 18% - or $282 million - of the $1.6 billion requested by the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan have been received, warns Stephen O'Brien.

(Yangon, 12 August 2015) Today I returned from Kale Township in Sagaing Region, where I visited communities affected by the floods and observed ongoing relief efforts. I was joined by government...

(Mogadishu, 12 August 2015): The newly appointed Deputy Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, has just completed his...

Mogadishu, 11 August 2015 — Today marks the one-year anniversary of the last reported case of polio in Somalia. To mark the occasion, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for...

(Bangui, 10 août 2015): Le Fonds humanitaire commun (CHF) en République centrafricaine (RCA) a alloué 13,2 millions de dollars pour apporter une assistance vitale aux personnes déplacées par la...

A projected 2.7 million people are in direct need of urgent humanitarian assistance in the country. The funds will support agencies in supplying water and sanitation, healthcare, nutrition and protection, among other needs.

(Sa'ada, 8 August 2015) The escalation of the conflict in Yemen has a devastating impact on civilian populations, as I witnessed in Sa'ada earlier this week. The violence has forced a large number of...