Press releases and statements

On 19th November 2003 in Guiglo, the United Nations launched the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal: "CAP Côte d'Ivoire 2004" for US$ 60 million to respond to the needs of over one million people...

Calling for $3 Billion to Aid 21 Countries IHA/828 2004 UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals AM Meeting The Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched the 2004 annual Appeal on behalf of United Nations...

(New York: 14 November 2003): Today, the Under Secretary General for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, left Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the town of Baraka in...

(New York: 14 November 2003) - United Nations humanitarian agencies continue a wide range of activities to meet the needs of vulnerable Liberians, especially internally displaced persons (IDPs)...

(New York, 14 November 2003): The current drought in Sool Plateau and Gebi Valley, Somalia, is the worst in living memory, according to a recent inter-agency assessment of ten villages and other...

Asmara, 13 November 2003(OCHA) - In a clear message to the international community, UN Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Martti Ahtisaari confirmed that Eritrea's humanitarian situation would...

(New York: 13 November 2003): The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, in a meeting with the press in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, reaffirmed the moral obligation...

(New York: 13 November 2003): United Nations agencies in the Central African Republic (CAR) have warned that the country could experience a severe food crisis within the next four months. "The...

(New York, 12 November 2003): The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, arrived this morning in Kinshasa at the start of four-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo...

(New York, 11 November 2003): Over the weekend, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Liberia fielded an inter-agency security and protection mission to assess the security...