Press releases and statements

Haïti fait face à une urgence humanitaire de proportion catastrophique. Le tremblement de terre a frappé la zone la plus densément peuplée du pays. Les bâtiments et infrastructures de la capitale...

(New York: 18 January 2010): The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, today allocated some US$100 million to boost humanitarian response in 14 neglected emergencies around the...

(Kinshasa / New York / Genève, 18 janvier 2010): le Secrétaire général adjoint aux affaires humanitaires des Nations Unies et Coordonnateur des secours d'urgence (ERC), John Holmes, a annoncé une...

(Kinshasa / New York / Geneva, 18 January 2010): The United Nations Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), John Holmes, has allocated US$16 million...

Barely 12 hours after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the Secretary-General announced that $10 million would be available from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). Just three days into...

(Port-au-Prince/New York, 17 January 2010): Urban search-and-rescue (USAR) teams from around the world continue working around the clock in difficult and challenging conditions to find survivors...

(New York, 15 January 2010): As part of its emergency response to the earthquake in Haiti, the United Nations is now delivering supplies for survivors of the earthquake as the full scale of...

Quatre jours après le séisme qui a dévasté une partie de la capitale Port-au-Prince et des localités environnantes, l'Appel éclair que le Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires (OCHA)...

(New York, 15 January 2010): United Nations agencies and Non Governmental Organizations today jointly issued a Flash Appeal seeking US $562 million to provide immediate assistance for six months to 3...

Watch the webcast Getting urgently needed search and rescue teams, medical aid and basic sustenance to areas of Haiti devastated by Tuesday's earthquake was a huge task, but the response of the...