Press releases and statements

(Bangui, 5 December 2014): One year ago, a cycle of violence reached Bangui triggering the displacement of half a million people, accompanied by the massacre of innocent civilians, leaving deep...

(Bangui, 5 décembre 2014): A ce jour, il y a un an que le cycle de violence touchait Bangui entraînant un demi-million de personnes déplacées dans la ville, accompagnés de massacres des civiles...

Violations of human rights, including rape and sexual violence, murder and threats against humanitarian staff, the destruction of homes and livelihoods, and the recruitment of children, must be condemned and brought to an end, urged the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator.

(Bamako, 4 décembre 2014) – Le Coordonnateur de l’action humanitaire au Mali, David Gressly, s’inquiète vivement de l’augmentation des attaques perpétrées contre les organisations humanitaires ces...

Jerusalem, 3 December 2014 The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. James W. Rawley, today expressed serious concern over the Israeli authorities’ resumption of punitive...

(Bangui, 03 décembre 2014): La Coordonnatrice Humanitaire principale en République centrafricaine, a conduit du 27 au 30 novembre 2014 une mission à Dekoa et dans la préfecture de Nana Gribizi...

An updated collection of more than 200 free country-location maps, created by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), can now be downloaded from ReliefWeb and...

December 3rd, ECOSOC Chamber, UN Headquarters, New York OCHA’s 3 rd Annual Global Humanitarian Policy Forum Efforts are increasingly being made to optimize humanitarian response in emergencies by...

UNICEF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE WORKSHOP WITH PARTNERS On 17 October 2014, the UNICEF Country Office in Tajikistan, with support from the UNICEF Regional Office for Central, Eastern Europe...