Press releases and statements

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs was invited to participate in the 2nd Conference on Volunteer Work organized (11-14 March) under the auspices of HRH Prince Nief Bin Abdul...

(Johannesburg, 13 March 2007): The United Nations and its humanitarian partners yesterday launched a Flash Appeal for US$17.7 million to support the Mozambican government's response to humanitarian...

(New York: 9 March 2007): In the year since its official launch on 9 March 2006, $376.1 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has been used to provide life-saving humanitarian aid...

IHA/1253 (Adapté de l'anglais) NEW YORK, 9 mars (Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires, OCHA) -- Depuis son lancement officiel le 9 mars 2006, le Fonds central d'intervention pour les...

High-level Government officials and Humanitarian Partners met and agreed today to implement the cluster approach in order to support the Government of Ethiopia's led coordination and response...

First anniversary of the CERF Since its launch one year ago, the upgraded CERF received US$ 399.4 million and is being supported by 73 partners, including Member States, one local government,...

(New York: 7 March 2007): Local search and rescue efforts were ongoing this morning in affected areas of Indonesia's Sumatra island as the first United Nations inter-agency assessment team arrived in...

(New York: 6 March 2007): Two weeks on from the second major disaster to hit the country in 2007, the Government of Mozambique is leading the dual response to severe flooding in the Zambezi River...

(New York: 6 March 2007): A United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination team (UNDAC) has been placed on stand-by following the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit Indonesia's West Sumatra...

March 2, 2007, Panama City- Some 37 participants from 12 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean will meet in Panama, 6th - 8th March, for the First Regional UN Emergency Technical Teams (UNETT)...