Press releases and statements

19 July 2010: Six months after launching the 2010 Iraq Humanitarian Action Plan (IHAP), many of Iraq's humanitarian needs remain unaddressed and the lack of donor funding towards the IHAP means that...

ERF News: - The ERF Advisory Board has recommended 4 proposals from Health and WASH clusters. - Out of 5 projects proposals reviewed by the ERF board, only was not recommended for non compliance.

HIGHLIGHTS: - SOUTH AMERICA: Cold front kills more than 50 people in 5 countries of South America. - COLOMBIA: Heavy rains affected 2,837 in the Department of Arauca. - EL SALVADOR: Strong rains...

19 July 2010: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will receive $750,000 for the post-flood restoration of food security and livelihoods for 54,000 affected people in Myanmar's Northern...

(New York: 16 July 2010) - The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, today allocated some $41 million to underfunded humanitarian operations in nine countries across the globe...

(New York: 14 July 2010): John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, today chaired the launch of the Humanitarian Appeal Mid- Year...

(New York / Geneva / Kinshasa: 13 July 2010): An estimated 20,000 people have been displaced last week in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as a result of armed...

Une crise alimentaire majeure dans le Sahel met actuellement en danger la vie de quelques 10 millions de personnes dont des centaines de milliers d'enfants. Les acteurs humanitaires de la région ont...

- 580 familias afectadas por el desboradamiento del caudal del Río Mag=FCí. Martes 13 de julio de 2010 - 580 familias afectadas por la agudización de la ola invernal e incremento contin=FAo de las...

(New York/Genève/Kinshasa, 13 juillet 2010): Selon les estimations, environ 20 000 personnes ont été déplacées la semaine dernière à la suite des affrontements entre l'armée nationale congolaise et...