Press releases and statements

New Corporate Donations Matched Dollar-for-Dollar, for a Total Goal of $500,000 (New York, 10 May 2011): The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today called on the global corporate community to raise $500,000 in honor of...

Statement of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos (New York, 10 May 2011): I am concerned about the lack of humanitarian access to parts...

Watch the webcast Mr. President. Thank you for this opportunity to provide an overview of the humanitarian situation in Libya. Over 746,000 people have fled the country. The conflict, the breakdown...

Presenting a new report on East Jerusalem at Headquarters today, its author, Ray Dolphin, said the separation barrier under construction there not only had profound humanitarian consequences, but...

14 March 2011: In response to drought conditions and the needs of refugees from neighbouring countries residing in camps in the country, CERF has allocated some $6 million for humanitarian response...

21 April 2011: CERF allocates $2.6 million in In response to massive flooding that has caused landslides and widespread damage in the country, CERF has allocated some $2.6 million for humanitarian...

CERF in Action - Rapid Response 21 April 2011: CERF allocates $1.2 In response to flooding triggered by the heaviest recorded rainfall ever in the country, CERF has allocated some $1.2 million for...

(Abidjan/Dakar/New York, 28 April 2011): Thousands of people in the south, centre and west of Côte d’Ivoire remain in grave need of humanitarian aid. “Despite our commitment to support the people and...

(Abidjan New York/ /Dakar 28 avril 2011): Des milliers de personnes au sud, au centre, au nord et à l’ouest du pays ont un besoin urgent d’assistance humanitaire. ‘’Malgré notre engagement à soutenir...

(Abidjan 27 April, 2011): The post electoral crisis is at the heart of enormous humanitarian needs for thousands of people who are constrained to deal with forceful displacement or who have lost most of their properties including their means of livelihood. The vulnerability of these people is...