Press releases and statements

National • Après une interruption de quatre ans, le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) a repris le programme de rapatriement des réfugiés angolais vivant en RDC. Cette...

Watch the webcast of the daily press briefing Topical Storm 12E passed through Central America on October 10. In the 10 days that followed, El Salvador received 1.5 meters of rain, what it receives...

(New York, 5 November 2011): The region-wide humanitarian emergency caused by last month’s devastating floods in Central America is only just beginning, the UN's deputy Humanitarian Affairs chief Catherine Bragg has warned. “The people affected by this crisis have lost everything, and their...

4 November: Heavy rainfall throughout Nicaragua associated with Tropical Depression E-12 caused severe flooding and landslides damaging property, vital infrastructure and agricultural crops. The...

4 November 2011: Following several days of intermittent rain due to a hurricane, a low-pressure system northeast of Guatemala developed into Tropical Depression E-12. On 12 October 2011, Tropical Depression E-12 entered the Guatemala and produced more than 15 inches of rain in some areas, creating...

A SNAPSHOT OF EVENTS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC Between May and September 2011, a number of disasters including floods and storms continued to devastate Asia and the Pacific region. Floods occurred in China...

National • Dans le cadre de la campagne « Un monde de 7 Milliards d’habitants » lancé le 11 juillet dernier, le Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population (UNFPA) et le Fonds des Nations Unies pour...

2 November 2011: The arrival of Tropical Depression 12E in El Salvador on 7 October 2011 brought unprecedented heavy rainfall to the Central American nation, particularly along the coastline and the volcanic chain in the east and center of the country. Historically, these have always been the most...

National Près de 4 millions de personnes en République Démocratique du Congo sont en phase de crise alimentaire et de moyens de subsistance aiguë alors que près de 5 millions connaissent une...

Watch the webcast The United Nations top humanitarian official this afternoon urged the international community to bolster relief aid to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, where an estimated...