Press releases and statements

Mine Action The UN Mine Action Coordination Centre (MACC) reports that 405 indivdual cluster bomb strike locations have been identified. It is estimated the total number of strikes locations may...

United Nations Condemns Killing of Aid Worker in Darfur Khartoum, 31st August - The United Nations strongly condemns the death of another humanitarian worker in the increasingly unstable region of...

(Geneva and New York: 30 August 2006): Against the backdrop of renewed conflict, which has newly displaced more than 200,000 people in the north and east of the country, the Inter-Agency Standing...

13 people have been killed and 46 injured due to unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Lebanon since the cessation of hostilities in 14 August. UXO and other ammunitions continue to be the biggest threat to...

(New York: 29 August 2006): Heavy monsoon rains have caused floods affecting 13 districts in the mid- and far-western regions of Nepal, particularly affecting the districts of Banke and Bardiya...

(New York: 28 August 2006): Welcoming the signing on Saturday of an official cessation of hostilities between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army, Jan Egeland, United Nations...

1,187 dead and 4,060 wounded (Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC)) Estimated 30,000 homes damaged or destroyed, one quarter of them in southern suburbs of Beirut. Estimated $3.6 billion worth of...

1,183 dead and 4,059 wounded (Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC)) More than 250,000 Lebanese remain displaced (HRC). An estimated 5,000 are in the area of Chouf and 1,300 in Aley (UNHCR), while 952...

(New York: 23 August 2006): The United Nations is assisting the Government of Ecuador to respond to the needs created by the recent eruption of the Tungurahua volcano, in central Ecuador...

1,184 dead and 4,059 wounded (Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC)) More than 150,000 Lebanese have returned from Syria (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)) 90 per...