Press releases and statements

WHO: Stephen O’Brien, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Yemen and Djibouti WHEN: 9-13 August 2015 WHERE: Sana'a, Aden, Amran...

These funds will help provide people with emergency shelter, safe water supply, sanitation, food, critical health care and other services, at a time when they are in desperate need.

As of today, over 387 metric tonnes of food, 620,000 water treatment tablets, and other relief items have been distributed. More than 330,000 people have been affected and 88 killed.

US$70 million has been released from CERF for eight chronically underfunded aid operations to help millions of people forced from their homes by violence and instability.

(Baghdad, 28 July 2015): The Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Ms. Lise Grande today welcomed a contribution of US$10 million from the Government of Japan for life-saving and...

As delivered Mr. President, When I last reported on the situation in Yemen in a closed session of the Security Council on my second day in post on 2nd June, I described Yemen as a looming...

Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Security Council, With much regret, my inaugural statement to the Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria continues where my predecessor left off,...

The humanitarian community’s ability to scale up and reach those in need will only be possible if parties to the conflict provide rapid, safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to all people in need, says Johannes Van Der Klaauw.

(Dakar, 27 juillet 2015) : Toby Lanzer a pris ses fonctions de Coordonnateur Humanitaire Régional pour le Sahel la semaine passée à Dakar. M. Lanzer succède à Robert Piper qui occupait le poste...

Dakar, 27 July 2015: Toby Lanzer took up his assignment as Regional Coordinator for the Sahel last week in Dakar. Mr. Lanzer succeeds Robert Piper who has held the position since March 2013. Toby...