(N'Djamena / New York / Genève: 22 août 2008): Environ, 30 000 personnes sont affectées par les inondations à Sarh et dans les localités environnantes dans le sud. Elles ont perdu des biens...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
CAR + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseTchad : Des inondations dévastatrices ont affecté 30 000 personnes et causé 10 000 sans abris
World
News and Press ReleaseNetherlands inaugurate new mobile laboratory to support United Nations environmental emergency response
Nairobi/Geneva, 18 August 2008 - An innovative mobile laboratory developed by the Netherlands to support international response to environmental emergencies was officially inaugurated by the...
Georgia
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian agencies seek $58.6 million in Flash Appeal for Georgia crisis
(New York, 18 August 2008): Relief agencies today issued a joint Flash Appeal for $58.6 million to fund the emergency effort to help tens of thousands of people affected by the crisis in Georgia. The...
Chad
News and Press ReleaseChad: United Nations boosts civil-military coordination
(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 17 August 2008): The United Nations has organized two civil-military coordination workshops in Chad last week, in an endeavour to further improve the efforts of...
Chad + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseChad: Media trip visits Central African refugees in south
(N'Djamena: 16 August 2008): A media trip was organized by the United Nations last week, from 04 to 07 August, to visit Central African refugees near Chad's southern town of Goré. Three Chadian...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseRD Congo: Les femmes victimes de violences sexuelles de Kabare formées en broderie et tricotage, et assistées en matériels aratoires
Pooled Fund Depuis 2001, le territoire de Kabare dans le Sud-Kivu accueille de nombreux refugiés qui fuient les viols et les violences perpétrés pendant la guerre. Cette situation perdure jusqu'à ce...
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief deplores killing of aid workers in Afghanistan
(New York, 13 August 2008) - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today deplored the tragic killing of four aid workers from...
Georgia
News and Press ReleaseGeorgia: Statement by Ms. Catherine Bragg, DERC and ASG for Humanitarian Affairs
I have been deeply concerned about the wellbeing of thousands of civilians in Georgia and the surrounding areas that have been caught up in this conflict. The latest figures indicate that as many as...
Burkina Faso + 11 more
News and Press ReleaseCountries affected by global food crisis receive extra funding from UN Central Emergency Response Fund
[New York, 8 August 2008]: The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated an additional $30 million to help alleviate the suffering of millions of people in 12 countries most...
Chad
News and Press ReleaseChad: $ 1.2 million provided to replace lost aid supplies
(New York / Geneva / N'Djamena: 07 August 2008): The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) of the United Nations has granted an amount of $ 1.2 million, in response to a request from Humanitarian...