Press releases and statements

Protection of civilians in armed conflict conflict-the case of Central and East Africa. This issue of Humanitarian Newsmaker - the last in 2007 - revolves around the theme of protection of civilians...

(New York: 13 December 2007): At the high-level United Nations conference convened today in support of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the Government of Germany announced that it would...

(New York: 13 December 2007): At a high-level United Nations conference convened today in support of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), generous contributions from donors took the total...

Kampala, 11 December 2007 - Ensuring access to food during the extended "hunger gap", providing safe water and sanitation, making sure that people can see a trained medical staff and receive...

(New York, 11 December): On December 8, the Kingdom Foundation provided the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) a generous contribution of $250,000 in support of...

Kinshasa, le 11 décembre 2007 - Le Plan d'Action Humanitaire (PAH) 2008 a été lancé ce jour par le Coordonnateur Humanitaire des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo, M. Ross Mountain,...

US$2.29 billion needed for Humanitarian & Recovery assistance (Geneva, 11 December): Sudan requires more than US$2.29 billion for humanitarian, early recovery and development projects in 2008. With...

Kampala, 10 December 2007 - The Government and humanitarian community in Uganda today launched the 2008 Consolidated Appeal for Uganda (CAP 2008), which seeks US$ 373,943,491 to address emergency...

(Geneva: 10 December 2007): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for $3.8 billion to provide urgent support to 25 million people in humanitarian emergencies in 24 countries...

Transcript RC/HC Spokesperson Orla Clinton: Welcome ladies and gentlemen, we apologize for the delay. The ERC will give you a brief summary of the visit and then will take some questions. 1. Briefing...