Press releases and statements

The Category 5 storm made landfall on the eastern islands of Ha'apai on Saturday, killing one person and damaging houses, infrastructure and fruit-bearing trees.

(Damascus/New York, 12 January 2014) Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos highlighted the dire humanitarian situation affecting 9.3 million Syrians at the end of a...

(New York, 09 January 2014): Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has announced the allocation of US$15 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support relief efforts in South...

Aid agencies in South Sudan are scaling up their work, especially in towns most heavily struck by violence and in rural sites to which civilians have fled in order to seek safety.

I am extremely concerned with the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Aleppo, Syria, where hundreds of people have been killed or injured due to indiscriminate attacks against civilians in recent...

(Bangui, le 27 décembre 2013) : Les acteurs humanitaires en République Centrafricaine (RCA) ont urgemment besoin de 152,2 millions de dollars américains pour sauver des vies et assurer la protection...

(Bangui, 27 December 2013): Humanitarian actors in the Central African Republic (CAR) urgently need US$152 million to help save lives and ensure the protection of 1.2 million people in the country...

INTRODUCTION When used appropriately, cash-based interventions can have multiplier effects in helping to meet peoples’ needs in food, shelter, non-food items, health, nutrition and education,...

The resources will be used to provide clean water and sanitation, healthcare, shelter, and deliver food and livelihood assistance. It will also ensure that the rights of vulnerable people are better protected.

The Central African Republic (CAR) has descended into chaos and deadly violence following months of political crisis, lawlessness and deepening humanitarian needs. UN agencies estimate that 2 million...