Press releases and statements

(New York, 24 August 2012): World Humanitarian Day has been commemorated in more than 30 countries in the last week through events including a marathon, music concerts, televised debates and photo...

United Nations works with Government to respond 24 August 2012 (OCHA ROSA, Johannesburg): In response to a more than 70 per cent reduction in domestic agricultural production in Lesotho that has put...

24 August 2012, New York: The Government of Kuwait donated US$450,000 to the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) at a meeting with Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian...

Dans une conférence de presse qu’elle a donnée aujourd’hui au Siège des Nations Unies à New York, la Secrétaire générale adjointe aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnatrice des secours d’urgence,...

JULY OVERVIEW Concerns of the threat of forcible displacement of herding communities in some parts of Area C of the West Bank have again become prominent, and this time they are related to the fate...

Good afternoon everyone. I visited Syria and Lebanon last week to see for myself the impact of the intensifying conflict and to discuss ways to increase humanitarian assistance to the men, women and...

Le Coordonnateur Humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo, Fidèle Sarassoro, en visite au Katanga où la situation humanitaire se détériore suite à l’insécurité. · Le Coordonnateur de l’action...

22 August 2012: Thirty-four humanitarian organizations rely on the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) to deliver relief aid in Côte d’Ivoire. UNHAS, operated by the World Food Programme...

22 August 2012: Torrential rainfall in July and August in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has triggered severe flooding that has left over 212,000 people homeless, more than 169...

Colombo, Sri Lanka (21 August 2012). The World Humanitarian Day which falls annually on the 19 of August was observed today by the United Nations and the broader humanitarian community together with...