(New York: 28 March 2007): United Nations relief agencies are responding to the needs arising from the bursting of a sewage reservoir in an emergency filtration basin at the waste water treatment...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
oPt
News and Press ReleaseOPT: United Nations aids victims of sewage spill in Gaza
Chad
News and Press ReleaseChad: UN humanitarian chief visits displaced in border region
(N'Djamena and New York: 28 March 2007): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes arrived this afternoon in the Chadian capital of...
Chad + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief arrives in Eastern Chad, home to 400,000 displaced and refugees
(Abéché [Chad] and New York: 27 March 2007): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes arrived in the town of Abéché in eastern Chad...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSudan: Press conference with Under-Secretary-General/Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes
Dawn Blalock: Thank you all for coming today. We are pleased to have here today John Holmes, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. This...
Chad + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief completes Sudan mission, heads to Chad
(New York: 26 March 2007) - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes completed his five-day mission to Sudan today, returning from...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSudan: United Nations official blocked from Darfur camp
Government Authorities Assure Access During Remainder Of Trip (New York: 24 March 2007): United Nations Under-Secretary-General John Holmes arrived today in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseMore support needed for Southern Sudan while world's eyes fixed on Darfur
(Juba and New York: 23 March 2007) United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today travelled to Juba, Southern Sudan, on the second...
Burkina Faso + 6 more
News and Press ReleaseMéningite en Afrique de l'ouest : Épidémie au Burkina Faso, la maladie touche 8 autres pays et fait plus de 8 500 victimes en moins de trois mois
Dakar, 23 mars 2007 : Une épidémie de méningite sévit au Burkina Faso alors que 8 autres pays d'Afrique de l'ouest sont touchés à divers degrés par cette maladie très contagieuse. 8 557 cas dont 798...
Burkina Faso + 6 more
News and Press ReleaseUN supporting efforts to curb meningitis in West Africa
(Dakar and New York: 23 March 2007): A meningitis epidemic has erupted in Burkina Faso, while eight other West African countries have been affected by the highly contagious disease to varying...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSudan: UN Emergency Relief Coordinator on mission to Juba
(Juba: 21 March 2007): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes is scheduled to visit Juba this Friday, as part of a two-week...