I am extremely concerned by Al-Shabaab’s seizure of property and equipment belonging to several non-governmental organizations and UN agencies working to alleviate suffering in southern Somalia. ...
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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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Somalia
News and Press ReleaseStatement on Somalia - Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos, 28 November 2011
Congo
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates $1.3 million to mitigate cholera in the Congo
25 November 2011: The Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated more than $1.3 million to UNICEF and WHO in response to a cholera outbreak in the Congo. Communities affected by the current...
Philippines
News and Press ReleaseStatement: Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Catherine Bragg - Mission to the Philippines (18-23 November 2011)
(Manila, 23 November 2011) Good morning everyone, and thank you for coming. This week, as you saw in the video, I visited Mindanao for the first time. It was an important opportunity to see and hear...
Philippines
News and Press ReleaseStatement Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Catherine Bragg
(Manila, 23 November 2011) Good morning everyone, and thank you for coming. This week, as you saw in the video, I visited Mindanao for the first time. It was an important opportunity to see and hear...
World + 5 more
News and Press ReleaseUN Humanitarian, Development and Human Rights Chiefs Call on States not to Undermine the International Ban on Cluster Bombs
23 November 2011 The following statement is issued on behalf of Valerie Amos, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator; Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator; and Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In November 2003, a group of United Nations agencies and other...
Philippines
News and Press ReleaseDeputy humanitarian chief completes visit to the Philippines
(Manila/New York, 23 November 2011): Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg completed her visit to the Philippines...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseCERF provides grant of $2.6 million for UN agencies in Syria
22 November 2011: Following the eruption of protests in March 2011, United Nations agencies began to adapt ongoing programme activities to respond to civil unrest in the country. The Central...
CAR + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseCentral African Republic country brief - November 2011
Context Political History 1960 CAR independent from France on 13 August. David Dacko, Minister of the Interior, forces parliament to elect him as first president. 1964 Dacko, candidate of single...
Philippines
News and Press ReleaseDeputy UN Humanitarian Chief begins five day mission in the Philippines
(Manila/New York, 19 November 2011): The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Catherine Bragg, has started a five-day mission...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseFamine in Somalia can only be reversed with continued humanitarian assistance
Nairobi (18 November 2011) – Increased humanitarian assistance has had a significant impact in the famine-affected parts of Bay, Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions, bringing these areas out of famine. ...