Press releases and statements

(New York: 23 February 2006): At a donor meeting for humanitarian aid to the poverty-stricken Central African Republic (C.A.R.) many Governments present made assurances that they would pay greater...

(New York, 23 February 2006): Assisting in the aftermath of a landslide that hit the village of Guinsaugon in Southern Leyte Province, the United Nations Country Team, with the support of the United...

(New York/Nairobi, 20 February 2006): The United Nations new Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, arrives in Nairobi on his first field visit tomorrow. While...

IHA/1155 NEW YORK, 20 February (OCHA) - The Government of the Philippines has announced that it welcomes international assistance, although it has not issued a formal request for aid, in response to...

(New York: 17 February 2006): The United Nations will hold a high level meeting on 20 February in the Cameroonian capital Yaoundé, in the quest for funding for neighbouring Central African Republic...

Abidjan and New York: 17 February 2006: "The most serious humanitarian challenges facing Cote d'Ivoire today are the protection of civilians and impunity for the criminal acts that have been...

Geneva/New York, 17 February: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is in the process of deploying a United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination...

I should like to bring to your attention the issue of the drought that, as you are aware, has been spreading throughout parts of Somalia compounding already appalling humanitarian conditions in the...

GUIGLO/NEW YORK, 16 February (OCHA) -- "I am profoundly shocked at the level of destruction I have seen here today," said Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs...

(New York, 15 February 2006): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) will launch tomorrow the first ever comprehensive United Nations Manual on Humanitarian...