Press releases and statements

17 February 2014 - The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in partnership with United Nations, are today celebrating 8 winners of the 2013 Somali Media Awards competition. The Media Awards...

Despite more than a decade of development efforts, from a humanitarian perspective the country remains a protracted complex emergency where five million people need lifesaving assistance.

Genève, 14 février 2014) : La Sous-Secrétaire générale aux affaires humanitaires, Kyung-wha Kang, a lancé aujourd’hui le rapport phare du Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires (OCHA) :...

Less than 13 per cent of the requirements in the $551.5 million Strategic Response Plan have been funded. Millions of people depend on this plan for survival.

The report highlights major trends in the nature of humanitarian crises, their underlying causes and drivers, and the actors that participate in crises prevention, response and recovery.

The Humanitarian Coordinator warns that Afghanistan risks becoming a “forgotten emergency” as international attention shifts to other crises in Syria and the Central African Republic.

(New York, 10 February 2014) I welcome the news that the parties to the conflict have agreed to extend the humanitarian pause in Old Homs City, for a further three days. I hope this will allow us to...

New York, 8 February 2014 Please find below a quote attributable to the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos : “I am deeply disappointed...

(Nouakchott/Dakar, le 6 février 2014): Une mission humanitaire de haut niveau, avec une forte participation de représentants de pays arabes et de la Turquie, a durant cette semaine en Mauritanie...