Press releases and statements

(New York, 10 November 2008): United Nations agencies in partnership with nongovernmental organizations today appealed for $11.5 million to enable them provide humanitarian aid to an estimated...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 07 November 2008): Malnutrition among children under five is very high in Chad's western Kanem region, according to the results of a survey conducted under the...

(New York, 3 November 2009): John Holmes, the United Nations Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, strongly condemns the abduction today of an aid worker...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 03 November 2008): Worsened insecurity during October has caused a deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the area of Dogdoré in eastern Chad, approximately 30...

(New York, 31 October 2008): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of 16 members to the Advisory Group of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), including...

(New York, 30 October 2008): In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, tens of thousands of men, women and children have had to flee following the latest intense fighting between rebels belonging to...

(New York, October 30 2008): United Nations agencies and non-governmental organisations today requested more than $17 million to fund emergency relief projects for hundreds of thousands of people...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 30 October 2008): The world's major experts on poliomyelitis (also known as polio for short) have met earlier this month in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, to discuss...

(Port-au-Prince / New York, 24 October 2008): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes during a mission to Haiti to inspect...

La Guinée-Bissau est touchée par une épidémie de choléra qui risque de s'aggraver, a déclaré vendredi le Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires (OCHA). « Jusqu'à présent, 12.000 cas ont...