Press releases and statements

Nairobi, 29 May - Increasingly worrying reports from Mogadishu describe indiscriminate shelling of civilian populations and the city's medical facilities, with dozens dead in the last few days. Due...

(Geneva, 28 May 2006): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is dispatching a Disaster Assessment and Coordination team to support UN coordination efforts in...

(New York, 27 May 2006): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has put its Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) teams on alert in response to an...

(New York: 23 May 2006): The Advisory Group on the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) today held its inaugural session at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The twelve...

(Geneva: 23 May 2006): The United Nations Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Kjell Magne Bondevik, has started a visit to European donor capitals including Brussels, London and...

(New York: 17 May 2006): The Government of Japan today announced a pledge of $7.5 million for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), approved by the General Assembly in December...

(Kinshasa : 17 mai 2006) : L'UNICEF (Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance), la Division Protection des Enfants de la MONUC et le Bureau des Nations Unies pour la Coordination des Affaires...

(Kinshasa: 17 May 2006): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Child Protection Division of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) and the Office for the...

New York/Genève/Dakar : 16 May 2006 - Les Nations-Unies ont lancé un appel de fonds d'urgence, d'un montant de 3 640 000 dollars américains, pour subvenir aux besoins de près de 20 000 personnes en...

(New York: 16 May 2006): The United Nations has launched a $3.64 million Flash Appeal for assistance to approximately 20,000 people made vulnerable by more than two months of armed confrontations...