Press releases and statements

(Bamako, 26 mai 2014) – Les événements violents survenus dans le nord du Mali depuis le 17 mai 2014 ont entraîné le déplacement d’environ 4 000 personnes dans les régions de Kidal et Gao. Depuis les...

Bangui, CAR | 25 May 2014 La République centrafricaine a célébré ce jour la fête des mères qui est une fête annuelle, célébrée en l'honneur des mères dans de nombreux pays. En RCA, la cérémonie était...

(New York, 25 May 2014): I am outraged by yesterday’s deliberate attack on a humanitarian warehouse in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, which occurred as aid workers were preparing to distribute urgently...

Office of the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Philippines Eight months after 120,000 people fled fighting in the west of Zamboanga City, more than half remain displaced...

(Oslo, 20 May 2014): The international donor community today raised more than US$600 million in pledges to scale up humanitarian response to the South Sudan crisis at a conference hosted by Norway in...

In addition to pledging, participants expressed alarm at the unfolding humanitarian situation, and reiterated that the fighting must stop and for both parties to engage seriously in the IGAD-led process to resolve the underlying political crisis.

(New York/Geneva, 18 May 2014) I am very concerned by the devastating floods in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, which have so far claimed more than 35 lives and affected hundreds of thousands...

Bangui, CAR | 16 May 2014 The Acting Senior Humanitarian Coordinator (SHC) in the Central African Republic, Kouassi Lazare Etien unequivocally condemns the killing of the French photojournalist...

Security incidents have been reported regularly over the past month, making humanitarian access increasingly difficult and raising concerns for the protection of civilians.

(Brussels/Geneva/Honiara/Nairobi, 13 May 2014): A United Nations assessment team has recommended close monitoring and immediate action for a controlled lowering of water levels of a gold mine...