Press releases and statements

(New York, 12 April 2007): In the Solomon Islands, needs assessment and response are still being hampered by lack of access to and communication with the affected areas. Some areas have not yet been...

The Global Humanitarian Reform Over the past years, international response to humanitarian emergencies has not always met the basic needs of affected populations in a timely and predictable manner...

(Juba: 12 April 2007): While meningitis and acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) have killed over 700 people in Southern Sudan since the beginning of the year, the food security situation is slowly...

Pledges & contributions The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is pleased to acknowledge the receipt of seven new contributions totalling $26,503,974, as of 2 April. The...

(New York: 5 April 2007): International assistance is arriving in the Solomon Islands, the Pacific nation of half a million struck by a tsunami triggered by a large underwater earthquake on 2 April,...

(Johannesburg, 4 April 2007): Cyclones and flooding continue to batter numerous countries in southern Africa, threatening the lives of over a million vulnerable people. Although regional capacity for...

(Juba: 04 April 2007): Amidst a meningitis outbreak that has claimed 649 lives since the beginning of the year, the United Nations in support of their government counterparts, held a press briefing...

(New York: 3 April 2007): From getting food, clothing and shelter to flood survivors in Southern Africa and South America, to ensuring security for ongoing operations in Sri Lanka and Somalia, to...

(New York: 3 April 2007): A six-member United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team has been deployed to the Pacific country of the Solomon Islands, which was struck by a tsunami...

783 deaths confirmed in CEA region: Meningitis Epidemic Hits Central and East Africa The Meningitis epidemic that began earlier this year in West Africa is now taking its toll in the Central and East...