Press releases and statements

(New York / Geneva / Islamabad: 20 August 2010): As hundreds of thousands of people are still on the move in flood-ravaged Pakistan, an estimated 4.6 million are without shelter. The United Nations...

The worst floods ever to hit Pakistan have affected an estimated 15.4 million people with over 8 million in need of urgent life-saving humanitarian assistance as of 16 August. Over 1,600 people have...

(Niamey, le 20 août 2010) - Le Fonds central de réponse aux urgences du système des Nations Unies (CERF) a alloué plus de 15 millions de dollars américains (USD), soit environ 7,7 milliards francs...

19 August, 2010 Today is World Humanitarian Day, a day to remember the millions of people affected by war, natural disasters, sickness, and malnutrition, and those who are working to relieve their...

Today is World Humanitarian Day. In 2008, the UN General Assembly decided that every year 19 August, the anniversary of the Canal Hotel bombing in Iraq when many aid workers lost their lives, would...

(Goma/Kinshasa, 19 août 2010): Plusieurs autorités en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) ont rendu un vibrant hommage aux travailleurs humanitaires lors de la célébration nationale ce 19 août...

(Cairo, 19 August 2010) - United Nations agencies and the Red Crescent Society in Egypt today marked World Humanitarian Day 2010 by raising public awareness of the core principles of humanitarian...

La Journée mondiale de l'aide humanitaire, qui est commémorée le 19 août, est organisé cette année sur le thème «Nous sommes des travailleurs humanitaires». A cette occasion, la communauté...

(New York / Geneva / Islamabad: 18 August 2010): On the eve of World Humanitarian Day, humanitarian organizations in Pakistan continue working round the clock, in coordination with the Government, in...

(Islamabad/New York, 17 August 2010): Millions of people affected by severe flooding in Pakistan will receive urgently needed life-saving humanitarian assistance, following a $27 million allocation...