(Bamako, May 27, 2024). The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths, has allocated US$11 million from the Central...
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The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.
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Mali
News and Press ReleaseUSD 11 million allocation from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to meet the urgent needs of people threatened by food and nutritional insecurity and refugees in Mali
Mali
News and Press Release11 millions de dollars US d’allocation du Fonds central d’intervention d’urgence (CERF) pour répondre aux besoins urgents des personnes menacées par l’insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle et des réfugiés au Mali
(Bamako, 27 mai 2024). Le Secrétaire général adjoint aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnateur des secours d'urgence des Nations Unies, M. Martin Griffiths, a alloué 11 millions de dollars...
Burkina Faso
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim in Burkina Faso on the recent violence in Séguénéga, Nord region
Statement by Alain Akpadji, Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim (Ouagadougou, 24 May 2024) The humanitarian community is deeply saddened by reports that civilians have been affected following an...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseMr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Director, Coordination division, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Statement for Brussels VIII Conference “Supporting the future of Syria and the region.” 27 May 2024
Brussels, 27 May 2024 As delivered I want to thank the European Union for yet again bringing us together for this vital conference in support of the people of Syria and the region. I also want to...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseStatement on Gaza by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 27 May 2024 [EN/AR/HE]
(New York, 27 May 2024) We have said repeatedly that no place is safe in Gaza. Not shelters. Not hospitals. Not the so-called humanitarian zones. We have also warned that a military operation in...
Burkina Faso
News and Press ReleaseDéclaration du Coordonnateur Humanitaire par Interim au Burkina Faso sur les récentes violences à Séguénéga, région du Nord
Déclaration de Alain Akpadji, Coordinateur humanitaire par intérim* (Ouagadougou, le 24 mai 2024) La communauté humanitaire est profondément attristée d’apprendre que des personnes civiles auraient...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseUS$2 Million Allocated for Urgent Response to Cholera Outbreak in Somalia
Mogadishu, 27 May 2024 – The Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has allocated US$2 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for an urgent response to the cholera outbreak in...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, on the death of an aid worker in Al Fasher, North Darfur State [EN/AR]
(Port Sudan, 26 May 2024) – I am deeply saddened by the terrible news of the death of an MSF staff member when shelling hit his house in Al Fasher yesterday. My thoughts and sympathies are with his...
Ukraine
News and Press ReleaseAttacks by the Russian Armed Forces hitting civilians and civilian infrastructure must stop [EN/RU/UK]
HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE DENISE BROWN STRONGLY CONDEMNS TODAY’S ATTACK ON A BUSY SHOPPING CENTRE IN KHARKIV CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY I am appalled and shocked by the terrifying news...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseStatement on Rafah by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 24 May 2024
(New York, 24 May 2024) There has been nothing limited about the suffering and misery that Israel's military operation in Rafah has brought to the people of Gaza. As feared, it has been a tragedy...