Press releases and statements

On 29 September 2009, Typhoon Ketsana hit southern Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), sweeping through Attapeu, Sekong, Saravan, Savannakhet and Champassack Provinces. Several villages located...

(Manila/New York, 12 October 2009): United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes arrived in the Philippines today on a two-day mission...

(Islamabad/New York, 12 October 2009): A high-level United Nations mission has travelled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on behalf of all humanitarian agencies working in Pakistan, to discuss how...

CERF has made an allocation of nearly $5 million in response to the torrential rains that fell in September on the capital city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 150,000 people are currently affected,...

HIGHLIGHTS: - NICARAGUA: PAHO called on all sectors of the country to combat the dengue outbreak. - BOLIVIA: The European Commission allocated 150,000 Euros (approximately 221,740 US dollar) for...

(Sana'a/New York/Dubai, 11 October, 2009): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes, today concluded his three-day mission...

(Sana'a/New York/Dubai, 9 September, 2009): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes, today visited Mazrak camp in Haja...

UN Secretary-General appoints new members to CERF Advisory Group United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of seven new members of the Advisory Group for the Central...

Close to 220,000 people including 165,000 children under age five and 9,000 pregnant and lactating women will benefit from a $2.2 million allocation from CERF to support humanitarian agencies working...

(Sana'a/New York/Dubai, 8 October 2009): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes, today arrived on a three-day mission to...