Press releases and statements

HIGHLIGHTS: - BRAZIL: Heavy rains during the past weeks in Rio de Janeiro state killed at least 251 people. - HAITI: To date 96 percent of the target population have received some emergency shelter...

Islamabad, 17 April 2010: The UN strongly condemns this twin suicide bombing against Pakistan's internally displaced. This attack hits Pakistan's most vulnerable - people who have already suffered...

15/04/2010. 60 personas se desplazaron desde zona rural hacia el casco urbano por confrontaciones entre grupos armados ilegales. Seg=FAn información de Acción Social, 14 familias (60 personas) se...

NAIROBI, 13 April 2010] The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Mark Bowden, today expressed dismay over the continuing plight of Somali civilians in Mogadishu, who remain the...

HIGHLIGHTS - BRAZIL: Heavy rains during the past week in Rio de Janeiro state killed at least 229 people. - HAITI: To date 90 per cent - around 1.2 million people - have received some form of shelter...

HIGHLIGHTS: - MEXICO: A strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Baja California killing 2 people. - PERU: Heavy rains have caused landslides and affected at least 600 people in the Huanuco region. -...

5 April 2010: Given the expanding gap between ongoing needs and the increasing difficulties confronting UN agencies in terms of their abilities to support vulnerable populations, the CERF has...

Nearly USD 20.5 million granted by the CERF to West and Central Africa countries Five West and Central Africa States -Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Chad- have received over the last three months,...

1 April 2010: CERF has allocated $2.7 million in response to meningitis and measles outbreak in Chad. Close to $1.9 million will go to the World Health Organization (WHO) and $847,000 to the United...

Province de l'Equateur - Une mission humanitaire interorganisations va se rendre le 1er avril à Zongo pour évaluer l'impact des pluies diluviennes de la semaine dernière. Selon les premières...