Press releases and statements

(New York: 3 August) Continued closures of crossings into Gaza have further weakened the economy, with total economic losses reaching $23 million since their closure in mid-June, or an average daily...

In this issue: - Flood victims in West Darfur isolated by insecurity and impassable roads - Slightly improved but lopsided funding to Consolidated Appeals in Central and East Africa - Darfur militias...

(New York: 1 August 2007) The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator announced today that $40 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will be used for life-saving programmes in...

International Herald Tribune (France). [Op-Ed]. John Holmes 07/31/2007. One of the world's largest and fastest-growing humanitarian crises is also among the least known: Iraq. More than four million...

HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE: - IODINE DEFICIENCY "THE SILENT EMERGENCY" - REGIONAL OVERVIEW - UPCOMING & ONGOING MEETINGS Focus on Ethiopia is produced by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

(New York: 30 July) The humanitarian community has launched an appeal for $18.9 million to assist the Government of Lesotho, which declared a state of emergency on 9 July after the country was hit by...

Areas of Darfur with no or limited humanitarian access have more than doubled over the past year. The main reasons are fragmentation of opposition groups, a sharp rise in banditry, and increased...

(New York: 24 July 2007): The international humanitarian community is requesting $15.6 million to help address humanitarian concerns in Swaziland, which has been hit by the worst drought in 15 years...

(New York: 23 July, 2007) For the first time since the beginning of June, more people have left Mogadishu than have returned to the city, with over 10,000 people fleeing the Somali capital last week...

(Geneva / New York, 22 July 2007): "Eastern Chad is a powder keg that can explode at any moment," warned John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency...