Press releases and statements

(27 April 2011, Addis Ababa): The La Niña-induced drought that has set in over much of the Horn of Africa has left more than 2 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in the southern...

(New York/Abidjan/Dakar 27 avril 2011): La crise postélectorale est à l’origine de besoins humanitaires énormes pour des milliers de personnes qui ont été contraintes au déplacement, ou qui ont perdu...

(New York, 25 April 2011): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Valerie Amos, expressed her deep concern today about recent attacks on...

Regional Humanitarian Funding Update Q1 2011 highlights: Total humanitarian requirements in the MENACA region as expressed in humanitarian appeals amount to US$3.8 billion. The requirements were 49...

KEY MESSAGES • International food prices decreased slightly in March from their historic peak in February. However, there is no evidence to suggest any fundamental changes to the recent general...

New York, 20 April 2011 I have just returned from a two-day mission to Libya, during which I was able to visit Tripoli and Benghazi. My purpose was to secure an agreement to establish humanitarian...

The Revised Humanitarian Requirements Document for South and South-eastern parts of the country was presented to donors and the humanitarian community on 12 April 2011. The document identifies $75...

On the occasion of Palestinian Prisoners day, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Maxwell Gaylard called for protection of the rights of Palestinians in Israeli detention,...

(New York / Abidjan, 14 avril 2011): Les agences humanitaires ont lancé aujourd’hui un appel de fonds de US$160 millions afin d’augmenter l’aide humanitaire pour les neuf prochains mois en Côte...

(New York / Abidjan, 14 April 2011): Humanitarian agencies appealed today for US$160 million to scale up aid over the next nine months in Côte d’Ivoire as the humanitarian crisis has affected...