Press releases and statements

The situation of displaced people in Somalia, mainly from fighting in the south of the country, is an increasing humanitarian disaster according to Dennis McNamara, Special Advisor on Displacement to...

(New York, 2 June 2006): "The recent indiscriminate shelling in Mogadishu and spreading fighting in the environs of the capital have resulted in enormous human suffering. At a time when people most...

(New York: 2 June 2006): The Southern African region is experiencing an overall improved harvest, as a result of a favourable 2005/2006 rainy season, according to the United Nations Regional...

(New York: 1 June 2006): Six days after the destructive earthquake, which struck Yogyakarta on the island of Java in Indonesia, the Government reports that the death toll has risen to over 6,300...

(New York: 31 May 2006): Five days after the destructive earthquake, which struck Yogyakarta on the island of Java in Indonesia, the United Nations agencies and their non-governmental partners...

(New York: 31 May 2006): With the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) looking extremely bleak and predicted to worsen in the coming months, the United Nations and...

(New York: 31 May 2006): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today took part in launching the DHL Disaster Response Team (DRT) Americas, to be based in South...

(New York: 30 May 2006): Increasing international assistance is arriving in Yogayakarta, Indonesia, following last Friday's earthquake, which has claimed more than 5,000 lives and injured more than...

Nairobi, 30 May 2006 - A week-long mission to Somalia led by Dennis McNamara, UN Special Adviser on Displacement and accompanied by international donors and media arrived back in Nairobi on Friday...

(Geneva: 29 May 2006): The United Nations has established today a main coordination center at Yogyakarta and a reception cell at the Airport to support coordination efforts and relief activities in...