Press releases and statements

(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...

Province de l'Equateur - Une mission interorganisations s'est rendue le 27 juillet à Basankusu, dans le District de l'Equateur pour évaluer la situation des inondations causées par les pluies...

(Bishkek/New York, 27 July 2010): Humanitarian partners in Kyrgyzstan today launched a revised Flash Appeal for humanitarian assistance in the southern regions of the country, where violence in June...

HIGHLIGHTS: - SOUTH AMERICA: Peru is on emergency due low temperatures. Bolivia on alert due to the increase of influenza cases. - LA HISPANIOLA: Heavy rains affected Dominican Republic and Haiti. -...

A major food crisis in West Africa's Sahel region is currently threatening the lives of some 10 million people, including hundreds of thousands of children, and aid workers need international support...

Nairobi, Kenya: 21 July 2010: Humanitarian and development partners met today to review measures put in place to ensure a successful outcome of the national referendum on the proposed new...

National Le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés António Guterres et la Directrice exécutive du Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) Josette Sheeran effectuent cette semaine une visite...

(Niamey/New York, 20 juillet 2010): Les organisations humanitaires au Niger ont lancé aujourd'hui le Plan d'Action humanitaire d'urgence révisé, demandant plus de 371 millions de dollars américains...

(Niamey/New York, 20 July 2010): Aid organizations in Niger today launched the revised Emergency Humanitarian Action Plan (EHAP) requesting over US$371 million to respond to the deteriorating...