Press releases and statements

Juba, 9 July 2014: “I would like to congratulate South Sudan and all its people on the third anniversary of the Independence of this new nation. Today is a day for both the celebration of South...

Bangui, CAR | 08 July 2014 La Coordonnatrice humanitaire principale en République Centrafricaine (RCA), Claire Bourgeois, condamne fermement les violences indiscriminées contre les déplacés de la...

There are reports of more than 200 civilians, including women and children, having been killed, and thousands of people are reportedly trapped inside the conflict zone.

Philippe Lazzarini said: "In the coming months, for the first time since the 2011 famine, we will see the number of people in food security crisis and emergency go up again."

Bogotá y Quibdó, Julio 3 de 2014 / El Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados – ACNUR –, la Oficina en Colombia del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos...

The Emergency Director of UNICEF said that in both countries, the humanitarian community was "working courageously on two tracks - immediate response, and resilience building" despite dangerously low funding levels.

A contribution of $500 million by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will enable humanitarian agencies to rapidly scale up efforts and provide critical support.

In a statement to the Security Council on Syria, Valerie Amos said that humanitarian partners were still unable to provide regular and sustained assistance to 4.7 million people in hard-to-reach areas.

(Bangui, 25 June 2014) – The Senior Humanitarian Coordinator to the Central African Republic (CAR), Claire Bourgeois, today strongly condemned the upsurge in intercommunity violence in and around the...

(Bangui, 25 juin 2014): La Coordonnatrice humanitaire principale en République Centrafricaine (RCA), Claire Bourgeois, condamne fermement la recrudescence de la violence intercommunautaire dans la...