Kampala, Uganda, 22 October 2009 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Colleagues, The AU Convention on Protection and Assistance for Internally Displaced Persons in Africa is a ground breaking...
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The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.
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Burkina Faso + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseIntervention by USG and ERC John Holmes to the Assembly of Heads of State and Government at the AU Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and IDPs in Africa
Lao PDR
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian agencies request US$10 million for storm disaster in Lao People's Democratic Republic
(Geneva/New York, 21 October 2009): Humanitarian agencies in partnership with the Government of Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) today issued a Flash Appeal for US$10 million to provide...
Uganda
News and Press ReleaseUN Emergency Relief Coordinator visits displaced communities in Northern Uganda
(Pader [Uganda] and New York, 21 October 2009): United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes has arrived in Uganda on a fourday visit,...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseRDC/Nord Kivu : Acces humanitaire sérieusement compromis par l'insécurité
(Goma/ Kinshasa / New York/Genève, 20 octobre 2009): De plus en plus d'attaques dont les humanitaires sont victimes, ces dernières semaines dans la province de Nord-Kivu en République Démocratique du...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDRC/North Kivu: Humanitarian access seriously hampered by insecurity
(Goma / Kinshasa / New York / Geneva, 20 October 2009): Increasing attacks on humanitarians in recent weeks in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have made it even...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleasePakistan: South Waziristan displacement, 19 Oct 2009
This situation report is based on information received from United Nations Agencies, humanitarian partners, government sources and the media. SITUATION OVERVIEW Since 17 October 2009, the military...
Bolivia + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseREDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 2, Issue 128
HIGHLIGHTS: - BOLIVIA: Severe drought affecting 16 municipalities of the Chaco Region. - BOLIVIA: Over 600 people were displaced after landslide in La Paz. - HONDURAS: Human Rights delegation visits...
Djibouti + 6 more
News and Press ReleaseDevastated by drought, vulnerable communities in Africa's horn now brace for El Niño floods
(Nairobi/New York 16 October 2009) Vulnerable communities in the Horn of Africa, in the midst of one of the worst droughts in a decade, are bracing for yet another potential huge challenge in coming...
Niger
News and Press ReleaseNiger : 1,6 milliard de FCFA alloués pour des projets d'assistance d'urgence post-inondations à Agadez
(Niamey/Dakar, le 16 octobre 2009) Le Fonds Central de Réponse aux Urgences du système des Nations Unies (CERF) a alloué près de 1,6 milliards de francs CFA (3 692 127 dollars américains) au Niger en...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates $11.7 million to assist vulnerable populations in Somalia
In probably the most complex emergency in the world today, Somalia faces its worst humanitarian crisis in eighteen years, with half the population or an estimated 3.64 million people in need of...