Press releases and statements

When Nestor Gonkapieu heard gunshots ring out in his village in December 2010, he didn’t wait to see who was shooting before running for cover. “In 2002, the same sound preceded a massacre here,” he...

PRESS STATEMENT UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR VALERIE AMOS ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN Khartoum, Republic of the Sudan, 4 January, 2012 ...

30 December 2011: The Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated US$427,131 to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the management of severe acute malnutrition in 25 vulnerable counties...

When Nestor Gonkapieu heard gunshots ring out in his village in December 2010, he didn’t wait to see who was shooting before running for cover. “In 2002, the same sound preceded a massacre here,” he...

Tropical Storm Washi made landfall on 16 December 2011on the north-eastern coast of Mindanao, Philippines. The storm affected 190 barangays (villages or wards), eight cities and 30 municipalities in...

(Mindanao, 3 January 2012): The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator (UN HC) for the Philippines Jacqui Badcock is impressed by the humanitarian response that has been mobilized to help thousands...

(Mindanao/New York, 28 October 2011): Emergency operations in shelter, water and sanitation food, and logistics, are underway on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines in the week after flash flooding caused by Tropical Storm Washi washed away entire villages. The tropical storm, known locally as...

(Manila/Geneva/New York: 22 December 2011): The United Nations and humanitarian partners called for US$28.6 million to support the Government of the Philippines to respond to the serious humanitarian...

(Manila/New York, 21 December 2011): The United Nations and its partners are rapidly mobilizing resources to assist the Government of the Philippines in helping the nearly half a million people...

(Ankara/New York, 19 December 2011) After a one-day mission to Turkey, Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos welcomed the opportunity to work more closely with Turkey...