Press releases and statements

Kinshasa,7 Décembre 2005 - Un grand nombre de congolais de la province du Katanga, au sud-est de la RDC, fuient leur village d'origine suite à des affrontements entre l'armée nationale et des...

Nairobi, 6 December- The last remaining detainees captured during the fighting between the Puntland State of Somalia and the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in late 2004 were exchanged Monday 5...

(New York: 2 December): In the wake of the eruption late last week of Comoros' Karthala volcano, the United Nations is assisting national authorities to undertake emergency initiatives to provide...

Dakar, 2 décembre 2005 : Les Nations-Unies lancent ce vendredi à Dakar un appel de fonds de plus de 145 millions de dollars pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest afin de couvrir les besoins en aide humanitaire...

Humanitarian workers speed-up work for winter months The first heavy snowfalls in the last week of November marked the beginning of the winter period in the area affected by the 8 October earthquake...

More than US$ 1.5 billion in humanitarian needs; Largest funding requirement in the world [2 December 2005 GENEVA] Sudan will need more than US$1.7 billion dollars to fund humanitarian, recovery and...

(New York: 1 December 2005): More than 30,000 people remain displaced in temporary shelters in Honduras, in the wake of tropical storm Gamma, the 24th named storm of the official 2005 Atlantic...

(New York: 30 November 2005): United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for $4.7 billion to provide urgent support to 31 million people in humanitarian emergencies in 26 countries...

Nairobi, 30 November - The outbreak of fire that swept through a settlement for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mogadishu on 21 November continues to highlight the immense suffering and...

Islamabad, 29th November, 2005: The onset of winter conditions in the earthquake areas of Pakistan has severely hampered the relief operations of the UN and other humanitarian organization, resulting...