Press releases and statements

A revised appeal for Myanmar, known as the 'Cyclone Nargis Response Plan' and launched this morning, asked donors for $481.8 million, $280 million more than the amount sought in the initial 9 May...

A joint European Union - United Nations expert team is being deployed today to the Philippines at the request of national authorities to assess the situation of a capsized ferry containing large...

(New York, 10 July 2008): Humanitarian agencies today appealed for a further $303.6 million to fund efforts to continue assisting an estimated 2.4 million people who were severely affected by Cyclone...

West Bank Barrier Route Projections Area Affected The Barrier's total length is 723 km, more than twice the length of the 1949 Armistice Line (Green Line) between the West Bank and Israel. The total...

Office of the United Nations Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia (Nairobi, 7 July 2008): The United Nations in Somalia condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutal murder Sunday...

Nairobi, le 2 juillet 2008 - De vastes régions de la Corne de l'Afrique font face - ou risquent de bientôt faire face - à un état d'urgence humanitaire, alors que plus de 14 millions de personnes...

Nairobi, 2 July 2008 - Large areas of the Horn of Africa are facing - or rapidly sliding into - a state of humanitarian emergency with more than 14 million people requiring urgent food aid and other...

La Oficina en Colombia del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (OACNUDH), el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR), el Programa Mundial de...

Le Cluster Santé évalue sa contribution au Pooled Fund 2008 Le Cluster Santé a tenu sa réunion ordinaire à Kinshasa au siège du Cluster lead (OMS), le 24 avril 2008. L'ordre du jour contenait...

(New York, 28 June 2008): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today met with tribal elders from conflict-affected areas in...