(Bamako/Dakar/Genève, 26 juillet 2012) : le Directeur des opérations d’OCHA a achevé une visite de trois jours au Mali en lançant un appel à la communauté internationale pour qu’elle réagisse...
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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Mali + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseOCHA appelle a un changement de paradigme pour eviter une catastrophe humanitaire au Mali
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseSituation humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo - Note d’information hebdomadaire du 25 juillet 2012
Province Orientale : Un financement du Pooled Fund pour appuyer la lutte contre le paludisme dans le Bas-Uélé Le Fonds Commun humanitaire de la RDC (Pooled Fund) vient d’allouer 375000 dollars pour...
Mali
News and Press ReleaseCERF gives $7 million to help people affected by conflict in Mali
24 July 2012: The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has given US$6,896,415 to humanitarian partners in Mali to aid conflict-affected people. Some 146,000 Malians have been...
Paraguay
News and Press ReleaseCERF gives $2.6 million to UN partners for flood-affected people in Paraguay
24 July 2012: Heavy rainfall near the border of Argentina and Chaco Central has caused flooding and devastation in Paraguay. The flooding has isolated entire communities in scattered and marginalized...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseLe financement pour les besoins humanitaires reste nettement insuffisant
(Port-au-Prince, 24 Juillet 2012): La réponse internationale à l'Appel Consolidé 2012 pour Haïti a été décevante, a déclaré Nigel Fisher, le Coordonnateur humanitaire en Haïti aujourd'hui, lors du lancement de l’Appel Consolidé révisé à Port-au-Prince. L’objectif de l’appel est...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseFunding for remaining humanitarian needs clearly insufficient
(Port-au-Prince, 24 July 2012): The international response to the 2012 Haiti consolidated appeal (CAP) has been disappointing, stated Nigel Fisher, the Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti today, during...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseSomalia’s humanitarian crisis must stay on the global agenda
Nairobi (20 July 2012) – One year after famine was declared in parts of Somalia on 20 July 2011, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, is calling attention to the plight of 3.8 million Somalis who need assistance. “Last year, we were able to halt the downward spiral into...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseOne year after the famine declaration (video)
One year after famine was declared in parts of Somalia on 20 July 2011, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, is calling attention to the plight of 3.8 million Somalis who need...
DR Congo + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian concerns grow over deteriorating situation in North Kivu
(Kinshasa/Geneva, 20 July 2012) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo is deeply concerned about the impact of recent fighting on thousands of families in the eastern province of North Kivu. The volatile situation also has...
World + 12 more
News and Press Release62 million people need humanitarian help worldwide
(New York, 19 July 2012) The number of people needing humanitarian aid around the world has risen from 51 million to 62 million – an increase of more than 20 per cent –during the first half of 2012. More than 18 million people in nine countries in the Sahel region are facing a severe food and...