Press releases and statements

Nairobi (27 February 2004) -- The United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Somalia are appealing to donors for US $111 million for the year 2004 to fund a...

(New York: 27 February 2004) - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan's Darfur region report that armed militias are robbing them of the aid they have received from UN agencies and...

(New York, 27 February 2004): More than 200,000 people in Somalia's northern and central regions face extreme food shortages due to a prolonged drought considered the worst in 30 years, a new report...

GENEVA (February 26, 2004) -- The future of millions of children in six southern African countries is being put in jeopardy by a massive lack of funds and international support for crucial aid...

(Geneva, 25 February 2004): A United Nations Disaster and Coordination Assessment (UNDAC) team has arrived in Morocco after a powerful earthquake killed more than 550 people in northern part of the...

(New York, 24 February 2004): Today, on behalf of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Humanitarian Partnership (IHP) is dispatching three United Nations...

(New York: 24 February 2004): A United Nations mission with staff from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and UNICEF arrived today in Lira, Uganda to assess the situation...

(Monrovia: 24 February 2004), Liberia International health agencies announced Tuesday that they were joining forces with the Liberian government to combat a yellow fever emergency in this bruised and...

(Port-au-Prince, 24 February 2004): Serious shortages of fuel are badly affecting every day life in north and northwest Haiti. This was one conclusion of the recent inter-agency mission that...

(KAMPALA, 23 February 2004) - It is with profound sadness that the United Nations system learnt of the tragedy in Lira. The United Nations condemn the brutal attack on Saturday against the Barlonyo...