Press releases and statements

HIGHLIGHTS: h PERU: New cases of pneumonia and bubonic plague reported. h CUBA: Accumulated reservoir water resources are below 50 percent. h LAC: Atlantic French territories are on alert due the...

(New York / Geneva / Islamabad: 08 August 2010): Pakistan's deadly floods have now affected over six million people, according to the latest estimates produced today by the Provincial Authorities of...

(New York / Geneva / Islamabad: 07 August 2010): Humanitarian needs in flood-devastated Pakistan are on a similar level to those that arose following the country's 2005 earthquake, which had affected...

(New York / Geneva / Islamabad: 05 August 2010): Over four million people are estimated to have been affected so far - to different degrees - by floods, which have been hitting Pakistan since last...

Province de l'Equateur - Une vingtaine d'enfants est décédée à la suite d'une maladie non encore identifiée dans la localité d'Ikedji Yafeke, à 48 km de Mbandaka. Selon une mission conjointe de...

HIGHLIGHTS: - COLOMBIA: Some 345,000 people affected by the initiation of the rainy season. - MEXICO: Heavy rains have affected the departments of Veracruz and Oaxaca. - LAC: Influenza A H1N1 and...

(Cairo, 2 August 2010) - Kuwait will increase from US$50,000 to $300,000 its yearly contribution to a United Nations fund, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), from next year. The Fund is...

(New York, 2 August 2010): In support of the tremendous relief work carried out by the Government of Pakistan, United Nations agencies in Pakistan are responding to humanitarian needs in areas of the...

In this issue Polio Immunization Drive in Central Asia Joint UN-OIC Humanitarian Strategy in the making West Bank: One in Four Refugees cannot meet basic Food Needs Syria: Restoring 2,000 Years old...

(New York / Geneva / Kinshasa: 30 July 2010): Floods have devastated the Basunkusu area, located in the northern part of the Equateur Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The...