Press releases and statements

Khartoum, 12 October 2022: Following the events in July 2022, I had – at the time – expressed deep concern over the dozens of civilians killed and thousands of women and children who fled...

I am horrified by the wave of deadly attacks by the armed forces of the Russian Federation on Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and other cities across most regions of Ukraine this morning...

WHO: Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy, Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Yemen WHEN: 8-15 October 2022 WHERE: Aden, Marib, Sana’a, Al Hodeidah ...

UN humanitarian relief fund allocates US$7 million to jumpstart response as at least 12 cholera cases are confirmed (New York, 7 October 2022) At least 12 cholera cases have been confirmed in Haiti,...

Humanitarian Coordinator, and humanitarian actors in South Sudan, condemn the latest killings of humanitarian workers (Juba, 30 September 2022) This month alone, three humanitarian workers lost their...

Kinshasa, le 30 septembre 2022 : Le Coordonnateur humanitaire en République démocratique du Congo, Bruno Lemarquis, appelle à la prise de mesures urgentes pour enrayer l’escalade de la violence et...

(New York, 30 September 2022) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed eight new members to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) Advisory Group. Established by the...

(Kyiv, 29 September 2022): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has been made aware of various correspondences, being circulated via e-mail and other...

Aid workers started deliveries of life-saving items just a few days after the Government of Ukraine announced it had regained control of the oblast in mid-September.

Maiduguri, 19 September – As the people of north-east Nigeria struggle to endure a devastating food and nutrition crisis, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released a US$10 million...