Press releases and statements

(New York, 24 December 2006): In response to flash floods that swept over the province of Aceh in Indonesia on 21 and 22 December, the United Nations today announced that it would allocate an initial...

Nairobi, 24 December 2006 - In the fourth day of active conflict, fighting has escalated between forces allied to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in and...

Nairobi, 21 December 2006 - After a brief interruption yesterday, fighting resumed today between forces allied to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) along...

US$ 1.8 billion needed for Humanitarian & Recovery assistance [19 December 2006, KHARTOUM] Sudan will require more than US$1.8 billion dollars to fund humanitarian, recovery and development projects...

Continued armed operations jeopardize humanitarian assistance [Khartoum, 19 December 2006] Seventy-one aid workers were temporarily relocated from the town of Gereida, South Darfur, today following...

(Geneva: 15 December 2006): The United Nations today appealed for USD 46 million to meet the urgent needs of the most vulnerable persons affected by the four typhoons in Philippines, over the next 12...

15th December 2006, Nairobi - "With the political will demonstrated by the signing of the Nairobi Pact, I remain optimistic that the leadership in the Great Lakes Region has truly committed itself to...

Nairobi, 14 December - The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Eric Laroche, today launched the 2007 Humanitarian Appeal for Somalia which requests US$ 237,112,824 to alleviate the suffering of...

Manila: December 13, 2006 - The United Nations country team in Manila, the Philippines, has requested US$ 2.6 million to fund rapid response projects from the United Nations Central Emergency...

(New York: 12 December 2006) The United Nations in Bangui today issued the 2007 Coordinated Aid Programme (CAP) for the Central African Republic (CAR) to raise $50 million, urgently required to meet...