Press releases and statements

The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith surrounded by cameras
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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Mali

News and Press Release

Mali: Plus de 18 mois sans ecole pour les enfants de Kidal

(Bamako, le 12 septembre 2013): Depuis le début de la crise au nord du pays en mars 2012, les écoles sont restées fermées dans la région de Kidal privant ainsi des milliers d’enfants de leur droit à...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Lebanon + 2 more

News and Press Release

CERF allocates $1.5 million to assist refugees in Lebanon

CERF allocates $1.5 million to assist refugees in Lebanon 10 September 2013: As the political situation deteriorates in Syria, many Palestine refugees have sought shelter in Lebanon. They join a...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Syria + 1 more

News and Press Release

Conférence de presse de la secrétaire générale adjointe aux affaires humanitaires et coordonnatrice des secours d’urgence

« Depuis le début du conflit en Syrie, plus de 100 000 (cent mille) personnes ont perdu la vie, 4 millions ont quitté leur lieu d’habitation mais demeurent sur le territoire syrien, tandis que 2...

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  • UN Department of Global Communications
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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South Sudan + 1 more

News and Press Release

Joint call by Mr Toby Lanzer, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan and Mr Ali Al-Za’Tari, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan on the governments to resolve the situation of nationals living in each other’s state

(Juba/Khartoum, 3 September 2013): On behalf of the humanitarian community, we encourage the Governments of South Sudan and Sudan to implement fully the Agreement on the Status of Nationals of the...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan
  • UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan
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World

News and Press Release

Green Star Awards presented to environmental emergency heroes [EN/FR]

Fukushima mayor, documentary maker Sir David Attenborough and Hurricane Sandy Debris Removal Task Force among the six 2013 Green Star Award winners 2 September 2013, Geneva - A select group of...

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  • Green Cross International
  • UN Environment Programme
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Mali

News and Press Release

Appui aux sinistrés des inondations à Bamako

BAMAKO, le 30 août 2013 – Des milliers de sinistrés des inondations qui ont touché la ville de Bamako ce mercredi 28 août ont besoin d’aide pour subvenir à leurs besoins immédiats et se reloger...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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DR Congo

News and Press Release

Declaration of Humanitarian Coordinator and Agencies of the United Nations

The Humanitarian Coordinator, Moustapha Soumare, UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP and OCHA condemn the killings of innocent civilians in the fighting in North Kivu Kinshasa / Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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  • UN Children's Fund
  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • 1 more
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