Press releases and statements

Highlights - Funding of US$ 4.76 million secured from Sudan's CHF, to respond to the most immediate needs. - 38,500 people currently in need and in receipt of food aid, but figure may soon rise...

Nairobi 12 August 2007 - UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Eric Laroche, has strongly condemned the killing of two prominent figures in the Somali independent media within hours...

(New York: 10 August 2007): More than six weeks after severe flooding occurred in Pakistan, caused by monsoon rains and Cyclone Yemyin, the United Nations has received less than one third of the $38...

(New York: 10 August 2007): The United Nations is offering to step up its support to governments across South Asia as they respond to the enormous needs created by floods from heavy monsoon rains...

(New York, 9 August 2007): On the last day of his visit to Sri Lanka, John Holmes, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), shared his impressions on the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka...

(New York, 8 August 2007): John Holmes, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), visited areas of eastern Sri Lanka where more than 160,000 civilians had become internally displaced between...

(New York: 7 August 2007): In-country United Nations agencies and programmes are working with the governments of flood-affected India, Bangladesh and Nepal, where tens of millions of people are in...

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen I stand here this afternoon, not only as the Emergency Relief Coordinator, but also in a sense as a representative of the global humanitarian community. I am here...

(Khartoum: 06 August 2007): Four weeks after torrential rains started to devastate many parts of the Sudan, the United Nations and partners, in support of the Government, have so far assisted up to...

Highlights - UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights visits Darfur, calls for more "positive action" by Government. - 500 hundred more households arrive in Zam Zam IDP Camp. Overcrowding worsens. - FAO...