Press releases and statements

(Nairobi, Kenya, 19 January 2007) Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa are currently experiencing numerous simultaneous crises and humanitarian emergencies, many of them crossing or...

(New York: 19 January 2007): The United Nations is undertaking a number of initiatives to support the Government of Sri Lanka in response to recent flooding and landslides that have struck...

(New York: 19 January 2007): The United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners working to provide emergency humanitarian relief continue to face restricted access in some areas of Somalia. ...

(New York: 19 January 2006): United Nations agencies, local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are supporting the Government of Bangladesh in responding to a recent cold wave...

(New York: 17 January 2007): The United Nations and the Government of Timor-Leste have appealed for $16.6 million to support the return, resettlement and reintegration of an estimated 100,000...

(Geneva: 17 January): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is today hosting the humanitarian community's annual "Programme Kick-off," an event organized in...

Nairobi, 17 January, 2007 - The international aid community must take immediate advantage of the window of opportunity that now exists in Somalia by substantially re-engaging in the capital,...

(Geneva and New York: 17 January 2007): The United Nations humanitarian agencies and their partners working in Sri Lanka today presented a Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) to the donor...

'The Future of Pastoralism in Ethiopia' is a summary of the work of Ethiopian government officials, representatives from traditional institutions and scholars from around the world who met at the...

(New York: 16 January 2007): The United Nations today conducted its first inter-agency assessment mission to the Somali capital of Mogadishu since the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) assumed...