Thank you. I welcome the statement by the President of the United Nations Security Council aimed at addressing the horrifying humanitarian situation in Syria. My thanks to Australia and Luxembourg...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos: Statement to the press, New York, 2 October 2013
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations Calls for More Support for Humanitarian Response in North-West Pakistan
More funds are urgently needed to continue critical humanitarian assistance for more than 1 million temporarily displaced people across north-western Pakistan due to insecurity since 2008.
Republic of Korea
News and Press ReleaseUN OCHA and the Republic of Korea agree on improved collaboration
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(New York, 27 September 2013): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) formalized an agreement yesterday on improved...
World
News and Press ReleaseUN Secretary-General asks world leaders to support first-ever World Humanitarian Summit in 2016
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Preparations for the Summit will begin early next year with regional consultations.
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseStatement attributable to the Humanitarian Coordinator in the Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Moustapha Soumaré, on the killing of health workers and civilians and the displacement of thousands of people in Orientale province
Kinshasa, 26 September 2013 The killing of 10 civilians including three health workers this week in Geti in the Ituri district of Orientale province is unacceptable and unjustifiable. These are the...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDéclaration du Coordonnateur humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo, Moustapha Soumaré, sur le décès de personnel soignant et des civils ainsi que le déplacement de milliers de personnes en Ituri, Province Orientale
Le décès de 10 civils dont trois travailleurs humanitaires spécialistes de la santé cette semaine à Geti, dans le District de l'Ituri en Province Orientale, est inacceptable et injustifiable. Ce sont...
Philippines
News and Press ReleaseTens of thousands displaced in the south as violence continues
(Manila, 25 September 2013):The situation in Zamboanga city, southern Philippines, and its surrounding areas is now a humanitarian crisis, as tens of thousands of people remain forcibly displaced. ...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseHigh-level meeting calls for urgent humanitarian action in the Central African Republic
(New York, 25 September 2013): European Union Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, United Nations Under-Secretary-General Valerie Amos and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called for urgent...
CAR
News and Press ReleaseUne réunion de haut niveau appelle à une action humanitaire urgente et à une réponse internationale à la crise en République centrafricaine
(New York, 25 septembre 2013): La Commissaire de l’Union européenne Kristalina Georgieva, la Secrétaire générale adjointe Valerie Amos et le Ministre français des Affaires étrangères Laurent Fabius...
CAR
News and Press Release170,000 People displaced by armed violence in the north-west
Villages across Ouham province have been emptied of people and several have been razed to the ground by armed groups over the past two weeks.