Press releases and statements

(New York 1 February 2006): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...

Arrival of new interim head of UNDP to boost development efforts Bangui, Central African Republic, 31st January 2006 - The United Nations Country Team in C.A.R. has welcomed the arrival of Ms. Malika...

IHA/1137 NEW YORK, 30 January (OCHA) - On 27 January 2006, the Government of Bolivia issued Supreme Decree No. 28610 declaring a national emergency and authorizing the Bolivian authorities to appeal...

27th January, 2006, ISLAMABAD. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan, Jan Vandemoortele, who has just undertaken another field trip to the earthquake-affected areas, says glimmers of fresh hope...

Le Coordonnateur Humanitaire exprime sa totale indignation quant aux attaques qui ont été menées contre plusieurs bureaux et agences des organisations humanitaires en activité à Guiglo. Il constate...

(New York: 20 January 2006): Ongoing conflict in the north of the Central African Republic has provoked new displacements, according to local, reliable sources. In Bodjomo and neighbouring villages...

Nairobi, 19 January 2006 - The humanitarian situation in Somalia has drastically deteriorated following failed rains at the end of 2005. Around 1.7 million Somalis are now in need of urgent...

The United Nations Special Envoy for the South Asia Earthquake, George H. W. Bush, says supply lines for relief goods must be kept open so that the lives of earthquake survivors can be saved during...

(New York: 16 January 2006): Failed meher rains have left Ethiopia's southern Somali region and the Borena zone of Oromiya region confronting an escalating humanitarian crisis. At the end of the...

AFR/1313, IHA/1134 NEW YORK, 11 January (OCHA) -- Heavy rains and strong winds have damaged houses, crops and livestock across Malawi in recent weeks. The rainfall and concomitant rising river...