Press releases and statements

(New York, 10 September 2008): Under the leadership of the Government of Haiti, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), together with UN agencies and their...

(Panama City, 9 September, 2008): During a four-day visit to the Latin American region, John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, announced that...

(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3 September, 2008): On the final day of this three-day visit to Ethiopia, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes chaired a meeting...

(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 September, 2008): On the first day of this three-day visit to Ethiopia, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes travelled to...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 30 August 2008): Unexploded ordnance (UXO) has killed one child and injured five on 28 August in eastern Chad's village of Tine, on the border with the Sudan's Darfur...

Kathmandu, 29 August 2008 - Heavy flooding by the Saptakoshi River in Sunsari and Saptari districts in Eastern Region continues to impact an increasing number of families who have been displaced and...

(Nairobi, 28 August 2008) - United Nations Special Humanitarian Envoy, Mr. Abdul Aziz Arrukban, on Wednesday witnessed first-hand the humanitarian suffering afflicting the Somali people during his...

(N'Djamena: 27 août 2008): Une visite médiatique organisée par les Nations Unies a été effectuée, du 04 au 07 août, dans les camps de réfugiés centrafricains à Goré au sud du Tchad. Trois...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 22 August 2008): An estimated 30,000 people have been affected by floods in and around southern Chad's town of Sarh. They have lost essential domestic goods or their...

India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia are among the pivotal states identified as climate change "hotspots"-- countries particularly vulnerable to the increase in extreme drought, flooding, and...