Press releases and statements

(New York: 10 November 2003): Over the weekend, the Under-Secretary General for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, visited Kitgum and Gulu districts in northern...

AFR/749, IHA/819 NEW YORK, 7 November (OCHA) - In several countries in southern Africa, food security remains critical, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said...

AFR/748, IHA/818 NEW YORK, 7 November (OCHA) -- The humanitarian situation in the Greater Darfur Region of western Sudan may emerge as the worst humanitarian crisis in the Sudan since 1988, the...

Asmara, Thursday, 6 November 2003 - Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa arrives in Asmara, Eritrea on 9 November 2003. The...

On 2 and 5 November, Israel announced that with the exception of Jenin and Nablus, its blockade of Palestinian towns in the West Bank will be relaxed (www.idf.il). The IDF said that Palestinians with...

Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF-8) 5-6 November 2003 Geneva Task Force members and observers, I am very pleased to be here in my new capacity as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and...

(New York, 4 November 2003): The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has deployed a two-person team to Langkat district, North Sumatra. The team will help local authorities coordinate...

(New York: 4 November, 2003): Fighting that erupted on Friday between a Mayi-Mayi militia and a Rwandan rebel group in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has...

MR. MARTTI AHTISAARI, SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT ETHIOPIA Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, will...

(New York, 31 Oct 2003) - A recent humanitarian needs assessment mission conducted jointly by several UN agencies has found widespread humanitarian needs in the region from Uvira to Fizi in South...