Press releases and statements

(Riyadh, Dubai, New York, Geneva, 5 April 2008)-- John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Mr. Abdul Aziz Arrukban, the...

(Amman/New York/Geneva, 4 April 2008): Two senior UN humanitarian officials today called for an immediate cessation of violence and greater efforts to enable the safe passage for relief personnel and...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 3 April 2008): The United Nations has launched a series of civil-military coordination workshops in Chad, in order to improve the efforts of both civilian and military...

(Dubai/New York/Bahrain/Geneva: 2 April 2008): John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, is scheduled to arrive in the Kingdom of...

HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE: - 2008 HUMANITARIAN REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY - REGIONAL OVERVIEW - UPCOMING & ONGOING MEETINGS Focus on Ethiopia is produced by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

Note introductive Depuis la "guerre de libération" lancée par l'AFDL en 1996, plusieurs groupes armés sont nés à l'Est de la République Démocratique du Congo. Des affrontements entre ces différents...

(New York/Geneva/Bangui, 20 March 2008): As many as 1 million people in the conflict-affected areas of the Central African Republic (CAR) do not have access to clean water and are at risk of a host...

DISCLAIMER - The summary herewith presented was drafted based entirely on public statements, media and press sources - This document DOES NOT reflect an official position of neither this Office nor...

(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 06 March 2008): The Government of the Italian Republic has donated medical equipment and supplies worth US$ 450,000 to help in the humanitarian response in Chad, in...

By John Holmes Published in Al-Ahram I was recently in Gaza, one of the world's most densely packed places and today, a firmly sealed human pressure cooker. The deepening distress of the people I saw...