Press releases and statements

Humanitarian Priorities The need for access to those affected by the conflict, particularly in southern Lebanon, remains the overriding United Nations priority. UN relief in southern Lebanon remains...

Humanitarian Priorities The United Nations priority concern remains the need for an immediate cessation of hostilities and regular and secure access for humanitarian workers and supplies to those...

(New York: 7 August 2006): Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, today deplored the recent killing of 17 Sri Lankan aid...

(Khartoum and New York: 7 August 2006): Escalating violence in Darfur has killed more aid workers in the last two weeks than in the past two years and is now seriously jeopardizing the humanitarian...

Brazzaville - 1er août 2006 : Le Cabinet du Ministère des Affaires Sociales, de la Solidarité, de l'Action Humanitaire et de la Famille a servi de cadre, ce jour, à la signature officielle du...

(New York: 1 August 2006): Two earthquakes of magnitudes 5.3 and 5.4 shook the Central Asian country of Tajikistan on Saturday morning and afternoon respectively, affecting parts of two southern...

August 1st 2006 marks yet again another landmark event in the history of development and humanitarian support to the Republic of Congo. Following several incidents of natural disasters; particularly...

New York, 28 July 2006 Mr. President, Members of the Council, I have just returned from a 6-day mission to three war zones: Lebanon, Northern Israel, and Gaza. I was an eye witness to the devastating...

(Jerusalem: 24 July 2006) United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland will begin the second half of his six-day mission to the Middle...

(New York and Beirut, 24 July 2006): The United Nations today appealed for US $149 million for humanitarian aid for Lebanon to combat the worsening crisis gripping the country. The appeal covers an...