Press releases and statements

(Doha/Cairo, 20 June 2011): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Qatar Charity today officially confirmed, during a signing ceremony in Doha, the Stand-By Partnership...

I just briefed the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Southern Kordofan. In the State capital city of Kadugli, it is estimated that more than 70 percent of the population have been...

Invitée du Point de presse aujourd’hui, après sa récente visite en République démocratique du Congo, Mme Catherine Bragg, Sous-Secrétaire générale aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnatrice adjointe...

(New York: 15 June 2011): I am extremely alarmed by the violence that has engulfed South Kordofan in Sudan since 5 June and the increasing reports of civilians being targeted. Humanitarian...

Noon, 15 June 2011 Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen, My mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo in early June took place in some of the most troubled areas of the country, in South Kivu and...

Watch the Webcast An estimated 30 per cent of those requiring humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was not being reached, said a top United Nations humanitarian official...

(New York: 13 June 2011): I am deeply concerned about the violence over the past few months in Syria, which has reportedly killed 1,200 people and caused over 10,000 to flee the country. I call on...

(Bogota/New York, 12 June, 2011): On the final day of her five-day mission to Colombia, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator...

On 6 June, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) briefed the informal Security Council Expert Group on the Protection of Civilians on the issues pertaining to the protection...

Statement for press conference 04 June 2011, Kinshasa Good afternoon everyone, I have just spent the last three days visiting areas of this vast country, meeting Congolese people whose lives have been torn apart by violence, families who are living in deep poverty, and communities who live in daily...