Press releases and statements

Les principaux acteurs humanitaires et bailleurs de fonds se sont rencontrés hier à Kinshasa, la capitale de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), en vue de l'élaboration d'une stratégie...

(NEW YORK: 27 July 2004) A new Operations Coordination Room has been set up to consolidate all assessments of the situation on the ground in Bangladesh, where the flood situation is deteriorating...

Le bureau des Nations Unies pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires (OCHA) de Mahagi obtient l'engagement des deux leaders des groupes armés impliqués dans des combats depuis le 16 juin, de...

En réaffirmant avec force le droit du sol et le droit du sang, déjà stipulés dans l'ancienne loi de 2001, le nouveau projet de loi sur la nationalité pourrait être un facteur d'unité et de...

(NEW YORK: 22 July 2004) United Nations agencies will soon be appealing for international aid on behalf of the Kenyan Government, which has requested assistance to help overcome poor rainfall and...

(New York: 21 July 2004) - United Nations agencies in Bangladesh have officially activated their Disaster Management Team (DMT) to coordinate the humanitarian community's responses to the region's...

(NEW YORK: 20 July 2004) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is allocating US$ 20,000 from its Emergency Reserve Fund to help provide emergency supplies in...

(New York: 19 July 2004) - Last month, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur grew by approximately 100,000. As of 1 July, there were over one million IDPs in the region...

(New York: 19 July 2004) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) made an emergency grant of US$ 25,000 to the Government of Peru, following that country's...

(NEW YORK: 14 July 2004) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is helping Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs airlift relief materials to remote areas in the country that have been affected by...