Press releases and statements

(Kinshasa: 10 September 2004) - More than 15,000 civilians have fled their homes in the past two weeks in North-Kivu Province, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to humanitarian sources...

(NEW YORK: 27 August 2004) The United Nations is now asking the international community for US$ 166 million to address humanitarian needs in Chad until the end of the year. Its initial appeal, which...

Le Bureau des Nations Unies pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires (OCHA) a officiellement transféré, jeudi, la gestion de son antenne humanitaire de Walikale, à l'est de la République...

KHARTOUM/GENEVA (August 25 2004) - The UN today warned that US$ 434 million out of US$ 722 million is still required to respond to Sudan's most urgent humanitarian needs through the end of the year...

Près de 1.200 familles déplacées sur des Hauts Plateaux à l'Est de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) bénéficieront d'une assistance humanitaire héliportée. Au total, 90 tonnes de vivres et de...

IHA/937 NEW YORK, 20 August (OCHA) - The United Nations, after appealing for $210 million last week to meet the needs of flood-ravaged Bangladesh, is continuing to promote the rehabilitation and...

AFR/1012, IHA/936 NEW YORK, 19 August (OCHA) - Yesterday, representatives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United...

AFR/1009, IHA/934 NEW YORK, 10 August (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) - The United Nations - along with the Kenyan Government and other partners - today launched a flash appeal...

IHA/933 NEW YORK, 4 August (OCHA) - The international community is channelling $123,500 to southern and central Peru, following severe cold and snowstorms there. The funds -- donated by the Office...

(NEW YORK: 30 July 2004) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has deployed a UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team to support Bangladesh's Government and...