Press releases and statements

HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE DENISE BROWN CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN KHARKIV CITY AND REGION, KILLING AND INJURING CIVILIANS I am deeply disturbed by the news from Kharkiv City and the Kharkiv...

Commitment to impartiality, inclusion, and the role of disaggregated data The members of the Humanitarian Programme Cycle Steering Group (HPC SG)1 are committed to impartiality in humanitarian...

The Southern Africa Development Community is seeking $5.5 billion to assist more than 56.6 million people with urgent multi-sector humanitarian assistance across the region.

AS DELIVERED Thank you to the State of Qatar. It’s a privilege to be here for this very important event, a privilege to have listened to such distinguished discussions and conversations, as well as...

(Port-au-Prince, le 16 mai 2024) – Trois mois après le début de la recrudescence de la violence en Haïti, plus particulièrement à Port-au-Prince, la plus haute responsable humanitaire du pays exprime...

As of mid-March, more than 360,000 people were internally displaced, a 15% increase since December 2023. More than half are women, and children account for more than a third of the displaced.

Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise brown, Condemns Attacks in Kherson City and the Kharkiv Region Today, additional devastating news, this time in Kherson City, where dozens of civilians,...

In the BAY states, some 4.8 million people are estimated to be facing severe food insecurity. Approximately 700,000 children under five are projected to be acutely malnourished over the next 6 months.

(Port Sudan, 11 May 2024) – I am gravely concerned by the eruption of clashes in Al Fasher despite repeated calls to parties to the conflict to refrain from attacking the city. I reiterate - the...

(New York, 10 May 2024) The Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya, will travel to Kuwait this week to participate in the “Ninth...