Press releases and statements

(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...

(New York, 19 February 2004): Failure to increase international support to Côte d'Ivoire could result in the destabilisation of neighbouring countries. This was the conclusion of a recent report from...

(New York: 19 February 2004): Today, a ten-member United Nations inter-agency assessment mission in Haiti is travelling by air to the north-western town of Port-de-Paix and the north-eastern town of...

(New York, 18 February 2004) - A thirteen-member United Nations Rapid Response Team has now arrived in Nyala, El Geneina and El Fasher, the three capitals of Darfur region of Sudan. As the team...

Port-au-Prince, 13 février 2004 - Les Nations Unies ont exprimé vendredi leur préoccupation suite au constat d'une sévère crise humanitaire en Haïti, due particulièrement à une détérioration...

(New York: 12 February) - Ambassador Tom Eric Vraalsen, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs for Sudan, arrived in Sudan today. His mission follows up on the promise made on...

(New York: 10 February) - In a statement, the President of the Republic of the Sudan, His Excellency Mr. Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, has promised to provide access to aid workers so that they can...

(New York, 9 February 2004): Following the series of earthquakes that hit Papua province in Indonesia, a team from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and...

(Moscow, 29 January 2004): Today, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Jan Egeland, concluded an official visit to the Russian...

WFP and EC are currently finalizing a Cereals Availability Survey to examine the full potential for local purchases of cereals. Local purchase of food commodities can enhance the purchasing power of...