(New York, 16 March 2005): The UNDAC team has completed assessments in the islands of Mauke and Atiu in the Southern Group of the Cook Islands and confirmed that these islands are not in a state of...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Cook Islands + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUN emergency teams assessing cyclone toll in Oceania
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseRDC: La menace de « l'Iturisation » du Sud Kivu inquiète les humanitaires
La pérennisation de la crise politique, mais surtout militaire, dans la province du Sud Kivu à l'est de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), pourrait entraîner une « Iturisation » de la zone et...
Samoa + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseUN emergency teams assessing cyclone toll in Oceania
(New York, 10 March 2005): United Nations emergency teams arrived in Samoa and met with the United Nations Resident Coordinator before heading to the Cook Islands and Tokelau to assess damages...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDRC: Aid activities resume as an uneasy calm returns to Ituri
Bunia, March 9 - Over 88,000 recently displaced people are now receiving humanitarian assistance in Ituri following the resumption of aid activities in the camps this week. However the area remains...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseEmergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland concludes trip to Sudan
Aid to Support the consolidation of peace in the South, Security measures and political pressure on Darfur Khartoum, 8 March 2005 - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan...
oPt
News and Press ReleaseTowards a More Secure Future: UN Agencies Operating in OPT Call for Action in Improving the Situation of Palestinian Women
Jerusalem, 8 March 2005 - Today, on the occasion of International Women's Day, 11 UN agencies1 operating in the occupied Palestinian territory have put their voices together in a call to action for...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDR Congo: Death toll in Ituri camps "alarming" following the suspension of aid
Bunia, March 4 - Over 10 people have been dying each day in the camps in and around Kakwa following the suspension of humanitarian assistance to the area on Monday, and the death toll may be even...
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseMedia advisory: Jan Egeland heads to Sudan
(New York, 3 March 2005): Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland is scheduled to arrive in Sudan today for a five-day visit. He will meet with...
Cook Islands + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseCook Islands and Tokelau: UN sends emergency team to Oceania
New York, 2 March 2005 - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is sending two emergency teams, one to the Cook Islands and one to Tokelau, to help assess the...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDRC: Assistance to 54,000 people suspended following attack
Bunia, March 1 - Humanitarian organisations have suspended assistance to 40,000 internally displaced people sheltering in the Kakwa and Tché areas of Ituri, following Friday's attack on MONUC...