Suva, 22 October 2013 – Over 100 participants from humanitarian response organizations across the Pacific Islands have come together at the 6th Annual Pacific Humanitarian Team Regional Workshop in...
Press releases and statements
The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.
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Fiji + 1 more
News and Press ReleasePacific Humanitarian team meets ahead of cyclone season
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations Emergency Fund allocates US$5.5 million to assist flood affected people in Sudan [EN/AR]
More than 90 people were killed and 340,000 people were affected by the August floods. The money will be used to provide people with household items, emergency shelter and clean water.
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief calls for a ceasefire and immediate safe passage for civilians still trapped in Moadamiyeh, Syria [EN/AR]
I continue to be extremely worried by the situation unfolding across Syria where ordinary women, children and men are facing horrific violence and brutality from all sides of the conflict. How many more children, women and men will needlessly lose their lives? The humanitarian community has stressed...
World + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseGovernment of Jamaica and the United Nations call for enhanced collaboration between governments,humanitarian organizations & the private sector on disaster management
(Kingston / New York, 18 October 2013): Leaders from 22 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have made a commitment today to further enhance regional cooperation in disaster preparedness and...
World
News and Press ReleaseDeclaración de Kingston en el VI Reunión Regional sobre Mecanismos Internacionales de Asistencia Humanitaria en América Latina y el Caribe (MIAH)
DECLARACIÓN DE KINGSTON VI REUNIÓN REGIONAL SOBRE MECANISMOS INTERNACIONALES DE ASISTENCIA HUMANITARIA EN AMÉRCA LATINA Y EL CARIBE (MIAH) Nosotros, los Ministros y Jefes de Delegaciones de los...
World
News and Press ReleaseKingston Declaration from the VI Regional Meeting on International Mechanisms for Humanitarian Assistance in Latin America and the Caribbean (MIAH)
KINGSTON DECLARATION VI REGIONAL MEETING ON THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (MIAH) We, the Ministers and Heads of Delegation of countries...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseUN and NGO emergency directors to visit Central African Republic
WHO: John Ging, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Ted Chaiban, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), David Kaatrud, World Food Programme (WFP), Mohammed Abdiker,...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseLes directeurs chargés des secours d’urgence des agences des Nations Unies et des ONGs se rendent en République Centrafricaine
QUI: John Ging, Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires (OCHA), Ted Chaiban, Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance (UNICEF), David Kaatrud, Programme Alimentaire Mondiale (PAM), Mohammed...
Philippines
News and Press ReleaseEmergency funding of $3 million approved for Zamboanga, southern Philippines
CERF funding will scale up the aid response but shortfall of $21 million remains. The request also includes projects such as education, early recovery and livelihood.
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief welcomes Security Council presidential statement, urges real action [EN/AR]
(New York, 2 October 2013) I welcome the statement by the President of the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria. As the number of those dying, displaced and fleeing...