Press releases and statements

(Islamabad/New York, 24 August 2009): The United Nations has completed a high-level mission to Swat District to establish direct contact with the authorities. The mission, led by the United Nations...

Ils fournissent une assistance vitale à des millions de personnes dans le monde. Ils travaillent dans des zones de conflit et des régions frappées par des catastrophes naturelles. Ils mettent leurs...

Q. Qui a institué la Journée Humanitaire Mondiale ? R. L’Assemblée générale a décidé en Décembre 2008 de commémorer chaque année la Journée Humanitaire Mondiale le 19 Août pour « contribuer à...

[NAIROBI, 19 August 2009] Somalia is one of the most dangerous places for aid workers in the world. Since January 2008, 42 aid workers have been killed and 33 abducted. Today is the first World...

They provide life-saving assistance to millions of people around the world. They work in conflict zones and areas of natural hazards. They place their own lives at risk. They are the thousands of...

Ellos proveen ayuda que salva las vidas de millones de personas alrededor del mundo. Ellos trabajan en zonas de conflicto y en áreas de riesgos naturales. Ellos ponen sus propias vidas en riesgo...

Baghdad, 19 August 2009: United Nations agencies in Iraq today inaugurated the first World Humanitarian Day. During a press conference at the UN Baghdad Headquarters, UN agencies called for renewed...

Il y a plus d'une centaine d'organisations dont les bailleurs de fonds, les agences du système des Nations Unies, les organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) nationales et internationales, les...

WHO, IFRC, UNSIC, OCHA and UNICEF, prompted by the humanitarian imperative, will work with partners such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, NGOs and civil society to support governments and...

IHA/1275 OBV/802 The first World Humanitarian Day will be observed on Wednesday, 19 August, at United Nations Headquarters with a wreath-laying ceremony remembering the victims of the 2003 attack on...