Press releases and statements

The Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund (ERF) aims to help fill critical humanitarian gaps within different sectors through readily available flexible funding for emergency response to: 1. Save lives...

158 personas se desplazaron en la zona rural de Santa Bárbara de Iscuandé por temores frente a posibles combates entre la Fuerza P=FAblica y las FARC. Este es el segundo desplazamiento que se...

HIGHLIGHTS: - MEXICO: Foods in the Department of Veracruz have affected more than 4,000 families. - GUATEMALA: The UN system in Guatemala applied for Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). -...

Le cholera demeure une situation très préoccupante pour la communauté humanitaire à Kalemie. Tous les efforts des acteurs humanitaires appuyant le secteur de la santé et celui de l'Eau, Hygiène et...

If necessity is the mother of invention, we should be looking forward to a breathtakingly innovative agreement on climate change in Copenhagen in December. Such an agreement would not only outline...

(Islamabad/New York, 24 September 2009): The United Nations has received a pledge of US$100 million from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support the humanitarian efforts of the United Nations and...

HIGHLIGHTS: - GUATEMALA: It is estimated that 34,000 tons of food have been lost, with an estimated cost of US$ 9.5 million. - BOLIVIA: At least 15 municipalities declared a state of emergency due to...

(Sana'a/New York, 16 September, 2009): The Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Mr. Rashid Khalikov, today briefed members of the humanitarian...

(Lomé, 15 septembre 2009): Les Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest ont ouvert aujourd'hui une conférence régionale sur les changements climatiques et les droits de l'homme en préparatif à la 15ème...

HIGHLIGHTS: - GUATEMALA: It is estimated that 30% of all pregnant women in the Departments of the Dry Corridor are at risk of malnutrition. - BRAZIL: More than 12,000 people were displaced due to...