Press releases and statements

Kinshasa, 28 avril : Le Bureau de la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (OCHA) a ouvert une Antenne de Coordination dans la localité de...

Bunia, eastern DRC, 28 April 2006 ­ " I killed several people but can't recall how many they were. I was satisfied that I was killing my common enemies that wiped off my entire family", said...

(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and New York: 28 April 2006): The United Nations Special Humanitarian Envoy, Kjell Magne Bondevik, arrived in Ethiopia today as part of his eight day mission to the five...

(New York: 28 April 2006): United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of the twelve members of the Advisory Group for the new Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)...

(Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, and New York: 27 April 2006): The results of a recent study on internal displacement show that an estimated 700,000 persons have been displaced in Côte d'Ivoire since the...

(Djibouti and New York: 27 April 2006): Kjell Magne Bondevik, United Nations Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, saw the human cost of Djibouti's drought today during a visit to a...

The Global Humanitarian Reform Over the past years, the international response to humanitarian emergencies demonstrated that the system did not always meet the basic needs of affected populations in...

(New York: 27 April 2006): In light of recent violence, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation of civilians...

Le Pr Walter Kalin, Représentant du Secrétaire Général de l'ONU pour les Droits de l'Homme des Personnes Déplacées vient d'effectuer une mission de cinq jours en Côte d'Ivoire au cours de laquelle il...

(Asmara and New York: 26 April 2006): In Eritrea today on the first leg of his five-nation mission to the drought-stricken countries of the Horn of Africa, United Nations Special Humanitarian Envoy...