Press releases and statements

Bumper harvest provides respite, but 2.34 million Somalis remain in crisis Nairobi (3 February 2012) – The combination of the massive scale‐up in humanitarian assistance and an exceptional harvest have helped to improve the humanitarian situation in Somalia where famine conditions are no longer...

(Manila, Bangkok, Geneva, New York: 3 February 2012): The United Nations and its humanitarian partners issued today the second emergency revision of the Humanitarian Action Plan for Mindanao, responding to the dramatic increase of needs in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Washi, known locally as...

(New York / Juba, South Sudan, 3 February 2012): On the third day of a four-day visit to South Sudan, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief...

(New York/Juba, 2 February 2012) I am relieved that the seven humanitarian workers who were abducted in Yemen on 31 January have all been released unharmed. They are now in Sana'a and are in contact...

(Juba, South Sudan/New York, 2 February 2012): On the second day of her mission to South Sudan, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator...

(Kinshasa/Geneva/New York, 1 February 2012): The humanitarian community in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has appealed for US$718 million to provide emergency assistance in 2012 to hundreds...

(New York / Juba, South Sudan, 1 February 2012): On the first day of a three-day mission to South Sudan, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief...

(Kinshasa/Genève, New York, le 1 février 2012) : La communauté humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) a lancé aujourd’hui un appel de 718 millions de dollars américains pour apporter l’assistance d’urgence en 2012 à des centaines de milliers de congolais qui ont...