Press releases and statements

(New York, 23 October 2008): United Nations agencies are seeking $30 million to help survivors of the four tropical storms and hurricanes that struck Cuba recently, destroying the homes and...

(New York / Port-au-Prince, 23 October 2008): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes arrived in Haiti today to review progress in...

(New York / Port-au-Prince, 23 octobre 2008): Le Secrétaire général adjoint aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnateur des secours d'urgence John Holmes est arrivé en Haïti ce jeudi 23 octobre afin...

(New York, 21 October 2008): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes will visit Haiti on 23-24 October to review response to the...

CERF GIVES OVER $1 BILLION TO HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE WORLDWIDE The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has now allocated more than one billion dollars for humanitarian aid around the...

(Nairobi: 15 October, 2008): The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of State for Special Programmes Mr. Ali D. Mohamed and Mr. Aeneas Chuma Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator in Kenya today launched...

(New York, 15 October 2008): The United Nations, in conjunction with the Government of Ethiopia, has revised the financial requirements upward for humanitarian aid to Ethiopia. A total of $265.7...

(New York, 14 October 2008): The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has now allocated more than one billion dollars for humanitarian aid around the world since it was launched in March 2006. An...

(New York, 10 October 2008): The Lord's Resistance Army appears to have resumed its brutal activities in several countries. The number of those who have fled their homes due to attacks by the Lord's...

(New York/Geneva/Bangui, 1 October 2008): The new Common Humanitarian Fund has allocated $ 2.5 million to 16 priority projects in the Central African Republic. With this funding, aid agencies will...