Press releases and statements

(Port-au-Prince, April 6, 2023) The attack on a doctor, on the night of 5-6 April, is the latest in a long sequence of acts of violence against health, education and humanitarian workers and their...

Kabul, 6 April 2023: Already the world’s largest and most severe humanitarian crisis, Afghanistan is rapidly moving towards a cliff-edge due to severe under-funding and bans on female aid workers...

Geneva, 5 April 2023 – Today, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Adam Abdelmoula, made a passionate appeal for...

(Ouagadougou, 4 avril 2023) : Deux documents publiés le 31 mars précisent et encadrent le soutien à la réponse nationale planifié par les partenaires humanitaires au Burkina Faso. L’Aperçu des...

Needs have increased both in terms of severity and geographic scope since 2022: one out of five people (4.7 million) needs aid, while one out of 10 people (1.9 million) is internally displaced.

(Bujumbura, 3 avril 2023) Aux côtés du gouvernement du Burundi, la communauté humanitaire lance le Plan de réponse humanitaire pour 2023. Ce lancement conjoint marque l’occasion de célébrer la...

Adequate resources, in line with the HRP, remain a challenge. Lack of funding could have severe consequences, leaving the vulnerable exposed to climatic hazards, diseases, and protection risks.

The revised Flash Appeal aims to assist 1.1 million people affected by the passage of Tropical Cyclone Freddy across the Southern Region in March 2023, in support of the Government-led response.

I am alarmed by the impact that continued conflict is having on vulnerable people, in particular on children, in north-east Nigeria. Yesterday, I visited El-Miskin Camp in Maiduguri, Borno State,...

New York, 21 March 2023 The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, is traveling today to Jordan and Syria. In Amman, Mr. Griffiths will...