Press releases and statements

Mr. President, distinguished members of the Security Council, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on several major challenges the humanitarian community faces in Africa at the moment,...

(New York: 19 December): The nutritional situation in Southern African remains fragile - underscored by rising acute malnutrition rates - and is expected to worsen further as the lean season...

Nairobi, 14 December - A Humanitarian Appeal was launched today in Nairobi by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Maxwell Gaylard, appealing for almost US$ 174,000,000 to address the urgent...

ISLAMABAD: Operation 'Winter Race' has literally followed a 'top-down' strategy. This means that people at higher elevations were first to receive help from the humanitarian community and the...

(New York: 13 December 2005): Operation "Winter Race" is now shifting its focus to reinforcing shelter assistance for people living below the snowline at 5000 feet. "Winter Race," the international...

Jerusalem, 8 December 2005 - UN agencies and non-governmental organisations today are appealing for $215 million in emergency assistance for people in the occupied Palestinian territory. The reason...

Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Council, Sixty years ago the nations of the world came together to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". We should now assess how...

(New York: 9 December 2005): "Violence against women is so widespread that we must act with urgency," said Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief...

Moscow, 07 December 2005 - The United Nations together with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Moscow today presented the 2006 Inter-Agency Transitional Workplan for the North Caucasus for...

Kinshasa, 7 December 2005 - Some 25,000 civilians in south-eastern DRC's Katanga province are fleeing their villages after recent fighting between the national army and Mayi-mayi militia warriors...