Press releases and statements

The Cluster Approach: Strengthening humanitarian response capacity by enhancing leadership, accountability and predictability. Overview: The Cluster Approach is currently being implemented in Uganda,...

(New York: 18 October 2006): Data collection for a nutritional survey, supported by the United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF), started today in two Ministry of Health divisions in the district of...

Asmara, Wednesday, 18 October 2006 - The UN Secretary General's Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, completed his five day visit to Eritrea today. On his way...

(New York: 16 October 2006): The aid community has issued a $35 million Flash Appeal for Kenya to meet the needs of increasing numbers of Somali refugees over the next six months. Due to the fear of...

Asmara, Thursday 12 October 2006 - The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, arrives tomorrow in Asmara on an official...

(Geneva and New York: 12 October 2006): Convening in Geneva today, the Advisory Group to the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will examine the success of the Fund in its first...

Dakar, New York, 12 octobre : Les Nations Unies ont alloué la somme de 23.809.813 dollars en aide à huit pays d'Afrique de l'ouest afin de subvenir à des besoins humanitaires dans des secteurs qui...

(New York: 10 October 2006): One year on from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Stan, the United Nations has provided assistance to more than 285,000 vulnerable people in 1,500 communities across...

(New York: 10 October 2006): High level representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Development...

(New York: 7 October 2006): As winter approaches, work continues to ensure the survival of those affected by last year's massive earthquake. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck South Asia on the...