Press releases and statements

EARTHQUAKES HAITI The first trimester of 2010 has been dominated by two major earthquakes with devastating impacts in Haiti and Chile. On 12 January, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the...

HIGHLIGHTS: - CHILE: Psychological support remains vital, one month after the earthquake. - HAITI: High level donor's conference for country's reconstruction will take place on 31 March. - GUATEMALA:...

Province de l'Equateur - Suite à l'insécurité dans la zone, la communauté humanitaire a suspendu au courant de cette semaine ses missions à destination de Buburu et Bomongo, dans le Sud-Ubangi. - Le...

(Ndjaména, 19 mars 2010): Les Nations Unies et le Gouvernement de la République du Tchad ont organisé, les 16, 17 et 18 mars 2010, à Ndjaména, un atelier sur les solutions durables pour les personnes...

CERF has allocated $4.3 million to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WFP) to assist drought victims in the most at risk parts of the city of Kidal and its...

CERF has allocated more than US$10 million to Chile in support of the government's effort to help people cope with the effects of the powerful earthquake that hit the country on 27 February 2010. The...

HIGHLIGHTS: - CHILE: Key needs identified are shelter, water and sanitation, education and health. - PERU: Heavy rains have continued in the departments of Junin and Ayacucho affecting more than 700...

New York/Islamabad, 11 March 2010: The murder of six staff of the non-governmental organization World Vision International in Mansehra District on 10 March is part of a disturbing trend of attacks on...

(Kathmandu/New York, 10 March 2010): Humanitarian agencies in Nepal today appealed for US$ 123.5 million to fund projects to assist more than 3.4 million vulnerable people across the country who are...

Province de l'Equateur/Sud-Ubangi - Le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) termine la deuxième vague de distributions aux déplacés de Dongo qui se trouvent dans les localités de Kungu, Bozene et...