Press releases and statements

(Bangui, 02 May 2014): The Senior Humanitarian Coordinator (SHC) in the Central African Republic, Claire Bourgeois condemns fervidly the killing of one staff member of the United Nations Refugee...

NEW YORK, 30 APRIL 2014 As delivered Good afternoon and thank you everyone. It is now two months since Resolution 2139 was adopted. As you know, the Secretary-General presented his report to the...

Urgent funding is needed to help vulnerable communities prepare a successful agricultural season. Without timely assistance, thousands of families will fall back into crisis, says the UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel.

(Dakar, 30 avril 2014) : Un financement urgent est nécessaire pour les opérations humanitaires dans le Sahel, afin d’aider les communautés vulnérables à se préparer à une bonne campagne agricole et...

Juba, 29 April 2014: “I call on all parties to the conflict in South Sudan to observe one month of tranquility this May; to stop the violence and to provide a safe environment for civilians caught by...

As the Friends of Yemen meeting takes place in London, aid agencies remind the world of the scale of suffering: 14.7 million people - over half of Yemen's population - need some form of humanitarian assistance.

Kabul, 26 April, 2014 - Heavy rainfall since 24 April has sparked flash floods across six provinces of the Northern Region of Afghanistan, causing loss of life and widespread damage to homes and...

What is the EERI? The EERI builds upon existing humanitarian, development and environmental performance indices, primarily the InfoRM1. InfoRM is a way to measure the risk of humanitarian crises that...

One year after issuing an urgent appeal on behalf of millions of people caught in the chaos and violence of Syria’s civil war, leaders of UN agencies renew their call for action.

(Honiara, 23 April 2014): A three-person United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team has arrived in the Solomon Islands to assess a gold mine tailings storage facility following...