Press releases and statements

(New York, 21 November 2008): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today urged all parties to the conflict in the Gaza Strip to...

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for this opportunity to speak this morning. The Work Plan for Sudan that we're launching here today is valued at $2.2 billion. More than a quarter of...

La erupción se registró a las 9:45 de la noche de este jueves 20 de nov, seg=FAn el Instituto Geológico y Minero de Colombia, Ingeominas.

(Geneva: 19 November 2008): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for $7 billion to provide urgent humanitarian aid to 30 million people in 31 countries worldwide. "Our aim is to...

GENEVA, 17 November 2008 - The launch of the first Green Star Awards, organised by a triumvirate of leading international environmental and humanitarian agencies, aims to draw attention to the...

N'Djamena, 17 November 2008 - The Under-Secretary-general and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Sir John Holmes will visit Chad for the second time from 21 to 24 November 2008. This visit will allow him...

N'Djamena, 17 novembre 2008 - Le Secrétaire général adjoint aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnateur des secours d'urgence, Monsieur John Holmes, effectuera sa deuxième visite officielle au Tchad...

High-Level Conference on CERF set for 4 December 2008 The annual High-Level Conference on CERF will be held on Thursday, 4 December 2008. The event will take place in the Economic and Social Council...

The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People expresses its utmost alarm about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The Bureau unreservedly...

(New York, 10 November 2008): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes expressed his heartfelt condolences to the relatives and friends of the...